{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7168867336","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794915.3795779","title":"\u201cThat Developer Left the Project!\u201d: An Introduction and Case Study of Turnover Technical Debt","display_name":"\u201cThat Developer Left the Project!\u201d: An Introduction and Case Study of Turnover Technical Debt","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-04-12","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7168867336","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794915.3795779"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3794915.3795779","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794915.3795779","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Technical Debt","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794915.3795779","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5041332104","display_name":"Roberto Verdecchia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9206-6637"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45084792","display_name":"University of Florence","ror":"https://ror.org/04jr1s763","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45084792"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Roberto Verdecchia","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Florence, Florence, Italy"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9206-6637","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Florence, Florence, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45084792"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5140992564","display_name":"Edoardo Sarri","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1894-1123"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45084792","display_name":"University of Florence","ror":"https://ror.org/04jr1s763","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45084792"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Edoardo Sarri","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Florence, Florence, Italy"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1894-1123","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Florence, Florence, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45084792"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037029993","display_name":"Enrico Vicario","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4983-4386"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I45084792","display_name":"University of Florence","ror":"https://ror.org/04jr1s763","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I45084792"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Enrico Vicario","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Florence, Florence, Italy"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4983-4386","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Florence, Florence, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45084792"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I45084792"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"19","last_page":"24"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":null,"topics":[],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technical-debt","display_name":"Technical debt","score":0.9717000126838684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/debt","display_name":"Debt","score":0.7455000281333923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relevance","display_name":"Relevance (law)","score":0.629800021648407},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/point","display_name":"Point (geometry)","score":0.5335000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work","display_name":"Work (physics)","score":0.5170000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.48350000381469727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/complement","display_name":"Complement (music)","score":0.42239999771118164}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159198006","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1532172","display_name":"Technical debt","level":4,"score":0.9717000126838684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120527767","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3196867","display_name":"Debt","level":2,"score":0.7455000281333923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158154518","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7310970","display_name":"Relevance (law)","level":2,"score":0.629800021648407},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C28719098","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44946","display_name":"Point (geometry)","level":2,"score":0.5335000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.5170000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.48350000381469727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112313634","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7886648","display_name":"Complement (music)","level":5,"score":0.42239999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.4221000075340271},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121955636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4116214","display_name":"Accounting","level":1,"score":0.41519999504089355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.40059998631477356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.3716999888420105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26077564","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1910318","display_name":"Turnover","level":2,"score":0.34610000252723694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.3346000015735626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.3237999975681305},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14224292","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13600188","display_name":"Conceptual framework","level":2,"score":0.3122999966144562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780009758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6804172","display_name":"Measure (data warehouse)","level":2,"score":0.30889999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162118730","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1128453","display_name":"Actuarial science","level":1,"score":0.2930000126361847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.2892000079154968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13606891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2623243","display_name":"Conceptual model","level":2,"score":0.2833999991416931},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207850805","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269608","display_name":"Reverse engineering","level":2,"score":0.2833000123500824},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.2678000032901764}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3794915.3795779","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794915.3795779","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Technical Debt","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3794915.3795779","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3794915.3795779","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Technical Debt","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":28,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W932951057","https://openalex.org/W1505323751","https://openalex.org/W2028836139","https://openalex.org/W2084429785","https://openalex.org/W2108161968","https://openalex.org/W2143354134","https://openalex.org/W2162739315","https://openalex.org/W2498514073","https://openalex.org/W2541116876","https://openalex.org/W2796646638","https://openalex.org/W2883429583","https://openalex.org/W2971087011","https://openalex.org/W2974410231","https://openalex.org/W3010689290","https://openalex.org/W3087070939","https://openalex.org/W3087104250","https://openalex.org/W3114990808","https://openalex.org/W3135755970","https://openalex.org/W3185244049","https://openalex.org/W3204491293","https://openalex.org/W4247520462","https://openalex.org/W4281562633","https://openalex.org/W4298112099","https://openalex.org/W4367058888","https://openalex.org/W4386064617","https://openalex.org/W4386475806","https://openalex.org/W4403170242","https://openalex.org/W7165805879"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Throughout":[0],"the":[1,3,22,27,34,52,84,146,151,154,165,172,188],"years,":[2],"attention":[4],"on":[5,108,164],"technical":[6,39,56,59,124,176],"debt":[7,40,60,125,177],"experienced":[8],"a":[9,18,36,117,127,140],"steady":[10],"growth,":[11],"and":[12,30,100,104,132,158,180],"can":[13],"now":[14],"boast":[15],"to":[16,42,44,74,120,171,181,184],"be":[17,45],"consolidated":[19],"concept":[20,53],"within":[21],"software":[23,68,94],"engineering":[24],"field.":[25],"Despite":[26],"growing":[28],"academic":[29],"industrial":[31],"interest":[32],"in":[33,93,178],"topic,":[35],"category":[37],"of":[38,54,83,129,149,153,174],"appears":[41],"date":[43],"unexplored.":[46],"In":[47],"this":[48],"paper,":[49],"we":[50,112],"introduce":[51],"turnover":[55,123,175],"debt,":[57],"i.e.,":[58],"that":[61],"arises":[62],"when":[63],"developers":[64,71],"leave":[65],"projects":[66],"with":[67,139,145],"artifacts":[69],"other":[70],"will":[72],"struggle":[73],"work":[75],"with.":[76],"Our":[77],"contribution":[78,138],"presents":[79],"an":[80,114],"initial":[81,160],"formulation":[82],"phenomenon,":[85],"which":[86],"intuitively":[87],"revolves":[88],"around":[89],"two":[90,110],"co-occurring":[91],"properties":[92],"artifacts,":[95],"namely":[96],"(i)":[97],"centralized":[98],"ownership":[99],"(ii)":[101],"low":[102],"understandability":[103],"suboptimal":[105],"documentation.":[106],"Based":[107],"these":[109],"properties,":[111],"present":[113],"approach":[115,157],"outlining":[116],"conceptual":[118],"basis":[119],"quantitatively":[121],"observe":[122],"via":[126],"mix":[128],"repository":[130],"mining":[131],"static":[133],"analysis.":[134],"We":[135],"complement":[136],"our":[137],"mixed-method":[141],"case":[142],"study":[143],"conducted":[144],"twofold":[147],"goal":[148],"assessing":[150],"viability":[152],"proposed":[155],"measurement":[156],"collecting":[159],"insights":[161],"from":[162],"practitioners":[163],"phenomenon.":[166,189],"The":[167],"gathered":[168],"results":[169],"point":[170],"relevance":[173],"practice,":[179],"promising":[182],"avenues":[183],"more":[185],"precisely":[186],"measure":[187]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-17T05:58:32.477365","created_date":"2026-07-17T00:00:00"}