Industrial Code Quality Benchmarks: Toward Gamification of Software Maintainability
Software maintainability is essential for long-term success in the software industry. Despite widespread evidence of the high costs associated with poor maintainability, market pressure drives many organizations to prioritize short-term releases. This focus leads to accumulating technical debt worldwide. In this preliminary work, we propose maintainability gamification through anonymous leaderboards to encourage organizations to maintain a sustained focus on code quality. Our approach envisions benchmarking to foster motivation and urgency across companies by highlighting thresholds for leaders and laggards. To initiate this concept, we analyze a sample of over 1,000 proprietary projects using ANONMETRIC scores. By examining the distribution of these scores across various dimensions, we assess the feasibility of creating effective leaderboards. Findings from this study offer valuable insights for future design activities in maintainability gamification.
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09:00 - 10:30 | Session 1Gamify Gamification in Development + V & V at 211 Chair(s): Riccardo Coppola Politecnico di Torino | ||
09:15 15mDay opening | Welcome from Gamify Organizers Gamify Gamification in Development + V & V Riccardo Coppola Politecnico di Torino | ||
09:30 30mTalk | Industrial Code Quality Benchmarks: Toward Gamification of Software Maintainability Gamify Gamification in Development + V & V | ||
10:00 30mTalk | GAppium: A Framework to Enact Gamification Mechanics in Appium Inspector Gamify Gamification in Development + V & V Lorenzo Laudadio Politecnico di Torino, Riccardo Coppola Politecnico di Torino, Marco Torchiano Politecnico di Torino, Tommaso Fulcini Politecnico di Torino |