Abstract: In a first aspect, a first defect analysis method is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) while testing a software project, identifying at least one failure caused by an environment of the project; and (2) considering the effect of the project environment on the software project while analyzing the failure. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: In a first aspect, a first method is provided for providing a service for performing Orthogonal Defect Classification (ODC) analysis. The first method includes the steps of (1) querying a customer about a level of service desired for a customer defect analysis project; (2) configuring a customer defect data collection tool for ODC; (3) adapting a defect data transfer tool to transfer defect data from the defect data collection tool; (4) transferring the defect data to a database structured to be accessible by an ODC analysis tool; and (5) performing ODC analysis on the defect data using the ODC analysis tool. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: In a first aspect, a method is provided for transferring data. The method includes the steps of (1) receiving information about a location and type of a data source and a location and type of a data destination associated with a first data transfer from the data source to the data destination; (2) receiving information relating data in the data source to data in the data destination; (3) creating a data structure that defines a relationship between the data source and the data destination based on the received information; and (4) employing the data structure for the first data transfer. The data structure is adapted to transfer data from a single table in the data source to multiple tables in the data destination and transfer data from multiple tables in the data source to a single table in the data destination. Numerous other aspects are provided.