SP-5: Poor Choice of Name

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Defect Indicators: (This information is currently under review and available only to Members and Fellows.)

Risks: (This information is currently under review and available only to Members and Fellows.)

Assessment: (This information is currently under review and available only to Members and Fellows.)

Remedy: (This information is currently under review and available only to Members and Fellows.)

References:

Debugging Effort Estimation using Software Metrics (N. Gorla, A.C. Benander, and B.A. Benander), 1990.

Research Findings:

Choice of names impacts cost of debugging:
The effort required to debug a program is minimized when variables had names averaging 10 to 16 characters long.