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EASE 2021
Mon 21 - Thu 24 June 2021
Mon 21 Jun 2021 11:22 - 11:45 at Zoom - Software analytics, technical debt and security Chair(s): Miroslaw Staron

Background: Little is known about the practices used for technical debt (TD) payment. The study of payment practices, as well as the reasons for not applying them, can help practitioners to control and manage TD items. Aims: To investigate, from the point of view of software practitioners, if TD items have been paid off in software projects, the practices that have been used to pay off TD and the reasons that hamper the implementation of these practices. Method: We analyzed - both quantitatively and qualitatively - a corpus of responses from a survey of 432 practitioners, from four countries, about the possibility of TD payment. Results: We found that, for most of the cases, TD items have not been eliminated from software projects. The main reasons for not paying off TD are lack of organizational interest, low priority on the debt, focus on short-term goals, cost, and lack of time. On the other hand, we identified that code refactoring, design refactoring, and update system documentation are the most used practices for TD payment. Practitioners also cited practices related to the prevention, prioritization, and creation of a favorable setting as part of TD payment initiatives. Conclusion: This paper summarizes the identified practices and reasons for not paying off debt items in a map. Our map reveals that the majority of payment practices are of a technical nature while the majority of reasons for not paying off debts are associated with non-technical issues.

Mon 21 Jun

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11:00 - 12:30
Software analytics, technical debt and securityEASE 2020 at Zoom
Chair(s): Miroslaw Staron University of Gothenburg
11:00
22m
Full-paper
Mining Decision-Making Processes in Open Source Software Development — A Study of Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) using Email Repositories
EASE 2020
Pankajeshwara Sharma University of Otago, Dunedin, Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Nigel Stanger University of Otago, Dunedin
Link to publication DOI Pre-print
11:22
22m
Full-paper
Surveying Software Practitioners on Technical Debt Payment Practices and Reasons for not Paying off Debt Items
EASE 2020
Sávio Freire Federal University of Bahia and Federal Institute of Ceará, Nicolli Rios Federal University of Bahia, Boris Pérez Francisco de Paula Stder. University, Dario Correal Associate Professor, Manoel Mendonça Federal University of Bahia, Clemente Izurieta Montana State University, Carolyn Seaman University of Maryland Baltimore County, Rodrigo Spinola Universidade Salvador
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11:45
10m
Vision and Emerging Results
Achieving “Good Enough" Software Security: The Role of Objectivity
EASE 2020
Inger Anne Tøndel Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Daniela S. Cruzes SINTEF, Martin Gilje Jaatun SINTEF
Pre-print
12:07
22m
Full-paper
Investigating the Correlation Between Performance Scores and Energy Consumption of Mobile Web Apps
EASE 2020
Kwame Chan Jong Chu Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Tanjina Islam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Miguel Morales Exposito Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Sanjay Sheombar Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Christian Valladares Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Olivier Philippot Greenspector, Eoin Grua Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ivano Malavolta Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pre-print