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Defect analysis and error prevention- sources


WWW-sites

  1. IBM Research Center/Software Engineering, see Orthogonal Defect Classification
  2. IBM Research Center, more ODC sources about defect analysis
  3. CeBASE Defect reduction empirical research activities - good , practical, empirically based advice and information about defect reduction,
    see especially Software Defect Reduction Top 10-list
  4. Ram Chillareges web site, good source of ODC /Orthogonal Defect Classification)
  5. "Ariane 5, Flight 501 Failure", Report by the Inquiry Board, 19.7.1996. And here is another analysis of the Ariane 5 case from INRIA
  6. Parasoft’s AEP (Automated Error Prevention) concepts
  7. Mosaic’s home page - see Defect Management. There’s also interesting material about testing and risk management
  8. B. Wilson’s Root Cause Analysis web site - excellent source of Root Cause Analysis related information

Literature
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  2. GAO Report on Patriot Missile Software Problem during Operation Desert Storm in Saudi-Arabia 1991
  3. B. Andersen, ed.: Root Cause Analysis: Simplified tools and Techniques, American Society for Quality, 1999
  4. K.A. Bassin, T. Kratschmer, P. Santanam: ”Evaluating Software Development Objectively”, IEEE Software, pp. 66 - 74, November/December 1998
  5. G. Belliner: ”Root Cause Analysis”, 2004
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  18. D. Gano: Apollo Root Cause Analysis: A New Way of Thinking, Apollonian Publications, 1999
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  20. B. M. Hawkins : Preventative Programming Techniques: Avoid and Correct Common Mistakes, Charles River Media, 2003
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  26. M. Leszak , D. E. Perry , D. Stoll: A Case Study in Root Cause Defect Analysis, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE’00), pp. 428 - 437, 2000
  27. R.G. Mays: “Experiences with Defect Prevention”, IBM Systems Journal, pp. 4 - 32, No. 1, 1990
  28. M. McDonald, R. Musso, R. Smith: The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention, Microsoft Press, 2007
  29. G.J. Myers: The Art of Software Testing, John Wiley&Sons, 1979
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  31. E. Nisley: Error Checking, Dr. Dobb's Journal, October 05, 2006
  32. E. Nisley: "Failure Analysis", Dr. Dobb's Journal, September 05, 2006
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  38. D. Spinellis: Code Quality: The Open Source Perspective, Addison-Wesley, 2006
  39. J. Tian: ”Quality Assurance Alternatives and Techniques: A Defect-Based Survey and Analysis”, Software Quality Professional, pp. 6 - 18, June, 2001
  40. L. Williams, E. Michael Maximilien, M. Vouk: Test-Driven Development as a Defect-Reduction Practice, IEEE, Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE’03), 2003
  41. H. Younessi: Object-Oriented Defect Management of Software, Prentice Hall 2002
  42. D. Zrymiak: Pick Up The S-L-A-C-K, Feb 9,2006