Defect Bash - Literature Review

Xuejiao Zhou, Mika Mäntylä

2013

Abstract

Defect bash is a co-located testing session performed by a group of people. We performed a systematic review of the academic and grey literature, i.e. informally published writings, of the defect bash. Altogether, we found 44 items (17 academic and 27 grey literature sources) that were identified useful for the review. Based on the review the definition of defect bash is presented, benefits and limitations of using defect bash are given. Finally, the process of doing defect bash is outlined. This review provides initial understanding on how defect bash could be useful in achieving the software quality and lays foundation for further academic studies of this topic.

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Zhou X. and Mäntylä M. (2013). Defect Bash - Literature Review . In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE, ISBN 978-989-8565-62-4, pages 125-131. DOI: 10.5220/0004417101250131


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@conference{enase13,
author={Xuejiao Zhou and Mika Mäntylä},
title={Defect Bash - Literature Review},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,},
year={2013},
pages={125-131},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004417101250131},
isbn={978-989-8565-62-4},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,
TI - Defect Bash - Literature Review
SN - 978-989-8565-62-4
AU - Zhou X.
AU - Mäntylä M.
PY - 2013
SP - 125
EP - 131
DO - 10.5220/0004417101250131