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ADG: Annotated Dependency Graphs Ahmed Hassan and Richard Holt Motivating Example Unexpected Dependencies What? New data dependency New functional dependency Why? Is it a bug fix? Developer laziness / ignorance? When? Just before a release Just last week Who? Was it is me? Was it a junior developer? Annotated Dependency Graph Dependency Graph show only: Entities (func/var/subs) Relations (call/use) Add Developer Sticky Notes: Rationale Time Developer Building ADG Manual: Get developers to annotate the graph Extra work/ new process Automated: Use source control data Accurate – historical records No extra work needed Easy to generate Conclusion ADG extend traditional dependency graphs ADG can be automatically built from source control data ADG assist developers in understanding unexpected dependencies * * University Of Waterloo, Canada *