Hearing the Voice of Software Practitioners on Technical Debt Monitoring: Understanding Monitoring Practices and the Practices' Avoidance Reasons

dc.contributor.authorFreire, Sávio
dc.contributor.authorRios, Nicolli
dc.contributor.authorPérez, Boris
dc.contributor.authorCastellanos, Camilo
dc.contributor.authorCorreal, Darío
dc.contributor.authorRamač, Robert
dc.contributor.authorMandić, Vladimir
dc.contributor.authorTaušan, Nebojša
dc.contributor.authorLópez, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorPacheco, Alexia
dc.contributor.authorMendonça, Manoel
dc.contributor.authorFalessi, Davide
dc.contributor.authorIzurieta, Clemente
dc.contributor.authorSeaman, Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorSpínola, Rodrigo
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-28T14:30:19Z
dc.date.available2024-10-28T14:30:19Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-30
dc.description.abstractContext. Technical debt (TD) monitoring allows software professionals to track the evolution of debt incurred in their projects. The technical literature has listed several practices used in the software industry to monitor indebtedness. However, there is limited evidence on the use and on the reasons to avoid using these practices. Aims. This work aims to investigate, from the point of view of software practitioners, the practices used for monitoring TD items, and the practice avoidance reasons (PARs) curbing the monitoring of TD items. Method. We analyze quantitatively and qualitatively a set of 653 answers collected with a family of industrial surveys distributed in six countries. Results. Practitioners are prone to monitor TD items, revealing 46 practices for monitoring the debt and 35 PARs for explaining TD non-monitoring. Both practices and PARs are strongly associated with planning and management issues. The study also shows the relationship found among practices, PARs and types of debt and presents a conceptual map that relates practices and PARs with their categories. Conclusion. The results of this study add to a practitioners’ capability to monitor TD items by revealing the monitoring practices, PARs and their relationship with different TD types.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior -Brasil (CAPES) Finance Code 001 and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).
dc.description.urihttps://journals-sol.sbc.org.br/index.php/jserd/article/view/4011
dc.format.extent36 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2zlrj-mvft
dc.identifier.citationFreire, Sávio, Nicolli Rios, Boris Pérez, Camilo Castellanos, Darío Correal, Robert Ramač, Vladimir Mandić, et al. “Hearing the Voice of Software Practitioners on Technical Debt Monitoring: Understanding Monitoring Practices and the Practices’ Avoidance Reasons.” Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development 12, no. 1 (August 30, 2024): 11:1-11:36. https://doi.org/10.5753/jserd.2024.4011.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5753/jserd.2024.4011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/36726
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherBrazilian Computing Society
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Information Systems Department
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Center for Women in Technology (CWIT)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC College of Engineering and Information Technology Dean's Office
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0 Deed
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectSurvey
dc.titleHearing the Voice of Software Practitioners on Technical Debt Monitoring: Understanding Monitoring Practices and the Practices' Avoidance Reasons
dc.typeText
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6588-9830

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