14.5 For More Information
Surprisingly, no one has written a definitive work specifically on bug tracking. However, helpful general information on defect tracking can be found in one of Steve McConnell’s works:
Software Project Survival Guide, by Steve McConnell (Microsoft Press)
While it’s specifically about using Visual Studio Team System, a book by Sam Guckenheimer contains an outstanding discussion on how to monitor your project’s health using metrics like bugs discovered, bugs fixed, churn rates, and much more. He gives a nod to working in Agile methodologies, too. This one’s well worth a read, regardless of what tracking method you’re using:
Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, by Sam Guckenheimer (Microsoft .NET Development Series)
Ron Patton’s book on testing also has a good section on bug-related metrics:
Software Testing, Second Edition, by Ron Patton (Sams)
Ron Jeffries shows the XP way of defect reporting via the Big Visible Chart method:
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