Table 3 Coding schema
From: Understanding automated and human-based technical debt identification approaches-a two-phase study
Code | Description |
|---|---|
TD Item Description | Question and answer that helps explain a specific TD item. |
Specific Question | A question about a specific TD item. |
Generic Question | A question that is not specific for any TD item. |
New Question | A question that was not planned before the meeting. |
Confirmation Question | A question asking for confirmation from all participants. |
Metric Correlation | Answers related to the correlation between TD items and metrics. |
Code Smells Correlation | Answers related to the correlation between TD items and code smells. |
Find bug Correlation | Answers related to the correlation between TD items and FindBugs issues. |
Note | Moderator notes about participant actions. |
Answer | Answers to new or generic questions. |
Technical Debt Overlap | Answers addressing the lack of overlap between the identified TD Items. |
Technical Debt Identification | Answers about the manual TD identification process. |
Indicators and Technical Debt Identification | Answers about the correlation between technical debt and metrics, code smells, and FindBugs issues. |
Benefits of TD Management | Comments about the benefits of TD management. |
Benefits of TD Documentation | Comments about the benefits of TD identification. |
TD Identification without code reading | Comments about TD identification without reading the source code. |
TD Identification with code reading | Comments about TD identification by reading the source code. |
Indicators and Problems in the Project | Comments about the correlation between problems in the source code and metrics, code smells, and FindBugs issues. |
Code Inspection Feasibility | Comments about the feasibility of inspecting the source code to look for TD items. |