Managing Software Defects

Our work aims to improve the workflow of developers dealing with bug reports. This begins with promoting a bug report-often considered as a side effect of the development process-to independent entity with specific properties that can be exploited to describe and understand a system. We believe that, by automating the steps that lead to the creation of a bug report, we can generate meaningful information that can be automatically elaborated to produce insightful views on the failure environment and aid the interpretation of a bug report. Finally, we want to integrate the reporting process with elements from game design theory, to stimulate interaction between developers and people in the community and create fruitful cooperation in software ecosystems.