Thoughtback [https://thoughtback.com/ https://thoughtback.com/] sent me a pertinent reminder this morning. No affiliation, just a great tool. Organizationa

Thoughtback [https://thoughtback.com/ https://thoughtback.com/] sent me a pertinent reminder this morning. No affiliation, just a great tool. Organizational metrics, which are not related to the code, can predict software failure-proneness with a precision and recall of 85 percent. This is a significantly higher precision than traditional metrics such as churn, complexity, or coverage that have been used until now to predict failure-proneness. [1] [1] The Influence of Organizational Structure On Software Quality: An Empirical Case Study http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=70535 http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=7053... -- edit: formatting