Relationship between factors influencing the software development process and software defects

Oleksandr Gordieiev; Daria Gordieieva; Austen Rainer; Olga Pishchukhina

doi:10.1109/DESSERT61349.2023.10416445

Relationship between factors influencing the software development process and software defects

Oleksandr Gordieiev
, Daria Gordieieva
, Austen Rainer
, Olga Pishchukhina

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Poor software quality can lead to crashes, failures or downtime, the consequences of which may be lost profits, financial costs, leakage or loss of data, accidents, human casualties, material losses or environmental disasters. The total cost of poor software quality for IT companies in the USA is estimated at $2.41 trillion per year and tends to increase. Among the identified costs, the cost of unsuccessful projects is estimated at $260 billion, and the total cost of operational failures caused by poor quality software is estimated at $1.81 trillion. Late finding and fixing of software defects directly affects the success of the project as a whole, since it significantly increases the cost and development time, and affects its quality. This paper discussed the relationship between factors affecting the software development process and various groups of defects. It has been found that the leading groups of defects affecting the software quality are the defects in software requirements and defects in the design of software interfaces for human-computer interaction with the total percentage of influence of 33.3%.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 13th International Conference on Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies (DESSERT): Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350396119
ISBN (Print)	9798350396126
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DESSERT61349.2023.10416445
Publication status	Published - 06 Feb 2024
Event	13th International Conference on Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies, DESSERT 2023 - Athens, Greece Duration: 13 Oct 2023 → 15 Oct 2023

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Conference	13th International Conference on Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies, DESSERT 2023
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	13/10/2023 → 15/10/2023

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Keywords

project success
requirement defect
software defect
software quality
usability defect

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems
Information Systems and Management
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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Gordieiev, O, Gordieieva, D, Rainer, A & Pishchukhina, O 2024, Relationship between factors influencing the software development process and software defects. in 2023 13th International Conference on Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies (DESSERT): Proceedings. IEEE, 13th International Conference on Dependable Systems, Services and Technologies, DESSERT 2023, Athens, Greece, 13/10/2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/DESSERT61349.2023.10416445

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