MTD 2013 – Proceedings

4th International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt (MTD)

Investigating Technical Debt Folklore: Shedding Some Light on Technical Debt Opinion
Rodrigo O. Spínola, Nico Zazworka, Antonio Vetrò, Carolyn Seaman, and Forrest Shull
(Universidade Salvador, Brazil; Elsevier Information Systems, Germany; Politecnico di Torino, Italy; University of Maryland in Baltimore County, USA; Fraunhofer CESE, USA)


@InProceedings{MTD13p1, author = {Rodrigo O. Spínola and Nico Zazworka and Antonio Vetrò and Carolyn Seaman and Forrest Shull}, title = {Investigating Technical Debt Folklore: Shedding Some Light on Technical Debt Opinion}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MTD}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {1-0}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icsews13mtd-id7-p doi:

Managing Technical Debt: An Industrial Case Study
Zadia Codabux and Byron Williams
(Mississippi State University, USA)


@InProceedings{MTD13p9, author = {Zadia Codabux and Byron Williams}, title = {Managing Technical Debt: An Industrial Case Study}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MTD}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {9-8}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icsews13mtd-id13-p doi:

Practical Considerations, Challenges, and Requirements of Tool-Support for Managing Technical Debt
Davide Falessi, Michele A. Shaw, Forrest Shull, Kathleen Mullen, and Mark Stein
(Fraunhofer CESE, USA; Keymind, USA)


@InProceedings{MTD13p17, author = {Davide Falessi and Michele A. Shaw and Forrest Shull and Kathleen Mullen and Mark Stein}, title = {Practical Considerations, Challenges, and Requirements of Tool-Support for Managing Technical Debt}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MTD}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {17-16}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icsews13mtd-id3-p doi:

DebtFlag: Technical Debt Management with a Development Environment Integrated Tool
Johannes Holvitie and Ville Leppänen
(Turku Centre for Computer Science, Finland; University of Turku, Finland)


@InProceedings{MTD13p21, author = {Johannes Holvitie and Ville Leppänen}, title = {DebtFlag: Technical Debt Management with a Development Environment Integrated Tool}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MTD}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {21-20}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icsews13mtd-id4-p doi:

Understanding the Impact of Technical Debt on the Capacity and Velocity of Teams and Organizations: Viewing Team and Organization Capacity as a Portfolio of Real Options
Ken Power
(Cisco Systems, Ireland)


@InProceedings{MTD13p29, author = {Ken Power}, title = {Understanding the Impact of Technical Debt on the Capacity and Velocity of Teams and Organizations: Viewing Team and Organization Capacity as a Portfolio of Real Options}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MTD}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {29-28}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icsews13mtd-id19-p doi:

Exploring Software Supply Chains From a Technical Debt Perspective
J. Yates Monteith and John D. McGregor
(Clemson University, USA)


@InProceedings{MTD13p33, author = {J. Yates Monteith and John D. McGregor}, title = {Exploring Software Supply Chains From a Technical Debt Perspective}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MTD}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {33-32}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icsews13mtd-id11-p doi:

Mapping Architectural Decay Instances to Dependency Models
Ran Mo, Joshua Garcia, Yuanfang Cai, and Nenad Medvidovic
(Drexel University, USA; University of Southern California, USA)


@InProceedings{MTD13p41, author = {Ran Mo and Joshua Garcia and Yuanfang Cai and Nenad Medvidovic}, title = {Mapping Architectural Decay Instances to Dependency Models}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MTD}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {41-40}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icsews13mtd-id20-p doi:

Generating Precise Dependencies for Large Software
Pei Wang, Jinqiu Yang, Lin Tan, Robert Kroeger, and J. David Morgenthaler
(University of Waterloo, Canada; Google, Canada; Google, USA)


@InProceedings{MTD13p49, author = {Pei Wang and Jinqiu Yang and Lin Tan and Robert Kroeger and J. David Morgenthaler}, title = {Generating Precise Dependencies for Large Software}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MTD}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {49-48}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icsews13mtd-id8-p doi:

Towards a Model for Optimizing Technical Debt in Software Products
Narayan Ramasubbu and Chris F. Kemerer
(University of Pittsburgh, USA)


@InProceedings{MTD13p53, author = {Narayan Ramasubbu and Chris F. Kemerer}, title = {Towards a Model for Optimizing Technical Debt in Software Products}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MTD}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {53-52}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icsews13mtd-id1-p doi:

CloudMTD: Using Real Options to Manage Technical Debt in Cloud-Based Service Selection
Esra Alzaghoul and Rami Bahsoon
(University of Birmingham, UK)


@InProceedings{MTD13p57, author = {Esra Alzaghoul and Rami Bahsoon}, title = {CloudMTD: Using Real Options to Manage Technical Debt in Cloud-Based Service Selection}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MTD}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {57-56}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icsews13mtd-id14-p doi:

On the Limits of the Technical Debt Metaphor: Some Guidance on Going Beyond
Klaus Schmid
(University of Hildesheim, Germany)


@InProceedings{MTD13p65, author = {Klaus Schmid}, title = {On the Limits of the Technical Debt Metaphor: Some Guidance on Going Beyond}, booktitle = {Proc.\ MTD}, publisher = {IEEE}, pages = {65-64}, doi = {}, year = {2013}, } Article: icsews13mtd-id15-p doi:

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