Abstract
Little research has been done to analyze the relationships between the amount of Technical Debt in an open source software project and the number of developers. This study seeks to identify the effects that team size and number of contributors have on Technical Debt and overall software quality. The results of the study observed after accounting for effects from code size that there was a negative correlation for issues with software quality, for example code smells or complexity, and the number of authors on a per file basis. This suggests that increasing the developer count most likely will not negatively impact overall code quality.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Open source software--Quality control; Teams in the workplace; Software engineering--Management; Software engineering--Risk management; Computer software--Reliability; Software maintenance
Publication Date
12-14-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Student Type
Graduate
Degree Name
Software Engineering (MS)
Department, Program, or Center
Software Engineering (GCCIS)
College
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Advisor
Christian D. Newman
Advisor/Committee Member
Yiming Tang
Advisor/Committee Member
Christian D. Newman
Recommended Citation
Borrelli, Tyler, "Analysis of Team Size Effects on Technical Debt and Code Quality for Open Source Projects" (2024). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/11962
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Plan Codes
SOFTENG-MS
