IDENTIFYING IMPLICIT DEPENDENCIES BETWEEN CODE ARTIFACTS

A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for identifying implicit dependencies between code artifacts. Co-defect association rules between code artifacts are generated, where such co-defect association rules include a prediction of how likely there will be a defect in a code artifact when there is a defect in an associated code artifact. After detecting a defect in a first code artifact, the co-defect association rules are reviewed to identify any code artifacts associated with the first code artifact. If there is a code artifact associated with the first code artifact, and if the probability of the associated code artifact being defected when the first code artifact is defected exceeds a threshold value, then a recommendation is made to the user to review not only the first code artifact that was defected but also its associated code artifact for a potential defect.