Analysis of Open Source Defect Tracking Tools for Use in Defect Estimation.
Dileep Potnuri, Catherine Stringfellow · Software Engineering Research and Practice · 2005
There are several defect-tracking tools developed by the open source computing community, which are free and available to download from the internet. This paper evaluates seven free and open source defect tracking tools, based on how easy they are to install and use, the data they provide, and the ability to retrieve data from them. These tools may provide data that are also useful in estimating remaining defects in software to aid system test managers in making decisions regarding whether testing should continue or the software is ready for release. This paper determines which of these defect-tracking tools are best for the purpose of making defect estimates. Results show that four open source defect tracking tools, besides being easy to use for defect tracking, also provide data that may be used with at least one defect estimation method.