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Defect Classifications

The document discusses defect classification and types. It presents the real and ideal defect detection processes. It then reviews the state of the art in defect taxonomies and root cause analysis. Some challenges are discussed, such as different defect classifications for different artifacts and relating classifications to quality models. The conclusion states that useful quality assurance optimization requires intensive use of defect classifications, and more work is needed to integrate classifications into the quality assurance process.

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Defect Classifications

The document discusses defect classification and types. It presents the real and ideal defect detection processes. It then reviews the state of the art in defect taxonomies and root cause analysis. Some challenges are discussed, such as different defect classifications for different artifacts and relating classifications to quality models. The conclusion states that useful quality assurance optimization requires intensive use of defect classifications, and more work is needed to integrate classifications into the quality assurance process.

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Technische Universität München

Defect Classification and Defect Types


Revisited

Stefan Wagner
Technische Universität München, Germany

Dr. Stefan Wagner Fakultät für Informatik Lehrstuhl für Software & Systems Engineering
DEFECTS ‘08, 20.07.2008
Technische Universität München

The Real Defect-Detection Process

Defect-Detection

Description

Priority Defect
Defect
Database
Status

Number of open
/closed defects Analysis
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The Ideal Defect-Detection Process

Defect-Detection Severity

Effort

Trigger Defect
Defect
Database
Type

Mode

QA Optimisation
Empirical Analysis

Quality Model Defect Distributions


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State of the Art

•  Defect Taxonomies
–  Implementation solution
–  Beizer
•  Root Cause Analysis
–  Analysis of developer mistakes
–  Fault prevention
–  IBM
•  Defect Classification
–  Classification along several dimensions
–  IEEE Std 1044-1993
–  IBM‘s ODC
–  HP‘s Defect Origins, Types, and Modes
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Challenges
•  Different Artefacts
–  Similar classifications?
–  Propagation?
•  Dimensions
–  Basic set?
–  What can be reasonably expected to be documented?
•  Defect Type Distributions
–  General distributions?
–  What factors do they depend on?
–  Domain-specific distributions?
•  Connection to Quality Models
–  What quality attributes are affected?
–  Classifications as part of a quality model or vice versa?
•  How can we justify the effort for the quality engineer?
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Conclusions

•  Useful quality assurance optimisation only possible using defect


classifications intensively
•  We need to
–  find the important dimensions
–  for different artefacts
–  provide empirical data
–  relate classifications to quality models
–  better integrate the classification in the QA process
–  Convince practicioners of the value of defect classification

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