Software Development Practices, Barriers in the Field and the Relationship to Software Quality
Beth Yost, Michael J. Coblenz, Brad A. Myers, Joshua Sunshine, Jonathan Aldrich, Sam Weber, Matthew Patron, Melissa Heeren, Shelley Krueger, Mark S. Pfaff · 2016
Context: Critical software systems developed for the government continue to be of lower quality than expected, despite extensive literature describing best practices in software engineering. Goal: We wanted to better understand the extent of certain issues in the field and the relationship to software quality. Method: We surveyed fifty software development professionals and asked about practices and barriers in the field and the resulting software quality. Results: There is evidence of certain problematic issues for developers and specific quality characteristics that seem to be affected. Conclusions: This motivates future work to address the most problematic barriers and issues impacting software quality.