Evolving software project knowledge

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A significant amount of data gets produced as part of software development activities. In addition to numerous deliverables (e.g., source code, test cases), an active development organization will typically generate numerous internal artifacts that contain knowledge about the software under construction. Internal project artifacts can be generated manually (e.g., how-to guides), or automatically (e.g., execution traces). Considered as a whole, the artifacts produced as part of software development activities constitute an important repository of knowledge about a software project. Given the knowledge-intensive nature of software development, effective use of accumulated software project knowledge has the potential to help software development organizations increase their productivity and the quality of their products.