Recent Trends in Software Quality Interrelationships: A Systematic Mapping Study

Despite the importance of software qualities, they are not well understood, especially in the context of the interrelationships between qualities. A number of systematic mapping studies have been conducted prior to 2015 to summarize the literature on the topic and to identify research gaps. To provide a better understanding of the current state of the art, we conducted a systematic mapping study on relevant studies from 2015 to 2019 through a database search and a subsequent snowballing approach. In total, 18 studies were selected as the study subjects wherein we evaluated the types of software quality interrelationships and the qualities that comprise them. Based on our findings, we report on the progress made to address previously identified research gaps.