Managing technical debt in database schemas of critical software

Jens H. Weber; Anthony Cleve; Loup Meurice; Francisco Javier Bermudez Ruiz

doi:10.1109/MTD.2014.17

Managing technical debt in database schemas of critical software

Jens H. Weber, Anthony Cleve, Loup Meurice, Francisco Javier Bermudez Ruiz

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Abstract

The metaphor of technical debt (TD) has been used to characterize and quantify issues arising from software evolution and maintenance actions taken to modify the functionality or behaviour of a system while compromising on certain "under the hood" quality attributes in order to save cost and effort. The majority of research in this area has concentrated on software program code and architecture. Fewer research considers TD in the context of database applications, particularly TD related to database schemas, which is the focus of this paper. Managing TD in database schemas provides considerable and unique challenges, in particular for applications of safety and security critical nature. We discuss these challenges, point out potential solutions and present an industrial case study in this area.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2014 6th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt, MTD 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	43-46
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781479967919
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MTD.2014.17
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	6th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt, MTD 2014 - Victoria, Canada Duration: 30 Sept 2014 → …

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Conference	6th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt, MTD 2014
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Victoria
Period	30/09/14 → …

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database applications
integrity constraints
technical debt

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Weber, JH, Cleve, A , Meurice, L & Ruiz, FJB 2014, Managing technical debt in database schemas of critical software. in Proceedings - 2014 6th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt, MTD 2014., 6974889, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 43-46, 6th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt, MTD 2014, Victoria, Canada, 30/09/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/MTD.2014.17

Managing technical debt in database schemas of critical software. / Weber, Jens H.; Cleve, Anthony ; Meurice, Loup et al.
Proceedings - 2014 6th IEEE International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt, MTD 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 43-46 6974889.

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