Communication, Collaboration, and Bugs: The Social Nature of Issue Tracking in Software Engineering

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorBertram, Daneeng
dc.contributor.authorVoida, Amyeng
dc.contributor.authorGreenberg, Sauleng
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-16T15:50:52Z
dc.date.available2009-06-16T15:50:52Z
dc.date.issued2009-06-16T15:50:52Z
dc.description.abstractIssue tracking systems help organizations manage issue reporting, assignment, tracking, resolution, and archiving. Traditionally, it is the Software Engineering community that researches issue tracking systems, where software defects are reported and tracked as ‘bug reports’ within an archival database. Yet issue tracking is fundamentally a social process and, as such, it is important to understand the design and use of issue tracking systems from that perspective. Consequently, we conducted a qualitative study of the use of issue tracking systems by small, collocated software development teams. We found that an issue tracker is not just a database for tracking bugs, features, and inquiries, but also a focal point for communication and coordination for many stakeholders within and beyond the software team. Customers, project managers, quality assurance personnel, and programmers all contribute to the shared knowledge and persistent communication that exists within the issue tracking system. We articulate various real-world practices surrounding issue trackers and offer design implications for future systems.eng
dc.description.refereedNoeng
dc.identifier.department2009-933-12eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30665
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/47309
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyScienceeng
dc.subjectInformation interfaceseng
dc.subjectSoftware Managementeng
dc.subject.otherShared knowledge, Issue tracking, Software Engineeringeng
dc.titleCommunication, Collaboration, and Bugs: The Social Nature of Issue Tracking in Software Engineeringeng
dc.typetechnical reporteng
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceeng
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
2009-IssueTracking.Report2009-933-12.pdf
Size:
100.51 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.86 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Science Research & Publications