System and method for predicting performance failures in a computer program

A method for predicting performance failures in a computer program during the course of its development, the method comprising:

• identifying one or more frequent sets of source code files that have been modified together in a plurality of historical builds associated with the computer program;
• identifying one or more frequent set of performance failures that have been logged together in the plurality of historical builds associated with the computer program;
• establishing one or more patterns between the one or more frequent sets of modified source code files and the one or more frequent sets of performance failures by identifying co-occurrence between the one or more frequent sets of modified source code files and the one or more frequent sets of performance failures for each historical build;
• receiving data associated with one or more new builds associated with the computer program;
• and
• predicting one or more performance failures in the one or more new builds using the one or more established patterns.

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code stored thereon, the computer-readable program code comprising instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
• identify one or more frequent sets of source code files that have been modified together in plurality of historical builds associated with the computer program;
• identify one or more frequent sets of performance failures that have been logged together in the plurality of historical builds associated with the computer program;
• establish one or more patterns between the one or more frequent sets of modified source code files and the one or more frequent sets of performance failures by identifying co-occurrence between the one or more frequent sets of modified source code files and the one or more frequent sets of performance failures for each historical build;
• receive data associated with one or more new builds associated with the computer program;
• and
• predict one or more performance failures in the one or more new builds using the one or more established patterns.