Statechart features and pre-release maintenance defects

Authors:
Jeanette Heidenberg;Andreas Nåls;Ivan Porres
Affiliations:
OY L M Ericsson Ab, Hirsalantie 11, FI-02420 Jorvas, Finland;OY L M Ericsson Ab, Hirsalantie 11, FI-02420 Jorvas, Finland;Department of Information Technologies, bo Akademi University, Joukahaisenkatu 3-5, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
Venue:
Journal of Visual Languages and Computing
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Statecharts is a design notation for reactive systems that is part of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and is commonly used in the automotive and telecommunication software industry. In this paper we present a study on how the use of some statechart features correlate to the number of pre-release maintenance defects in large systems developed using mainly this notation. We discuss possible causes for these correlations and conduct a comparative study to verify these. We conclude by providing advice to UML practitioners.