Practical considerations in deploying AI for defect prediction: A case study within the Turkish telecommunication industry

We have conducted a study in a large telecommunication company in Turkey to employ a software measurement program and to predict pre-release defects. We have previously built such predictors using AI techniques. This project is a transfer of our research experience into a real life setting to solve a specific problem for the company: to improve code quality by predicting pre-release defects and efficiently allocating testing resources. Our results in this project have many practical implications that managers have started benefiting: code analysis, bug tracking, effective use of version management system and defect prediction. Using version history information, developers can find around 88% of the defects with 28% false alarms, compared to same detection rate with 50% false alarms without using historical data. In this paper we also shared in detail our experience in terms of the project steps (i.e. challenges and opportunities).