Experience-based refactoring for goal-oriented software quality improvement

In agile software development refactoring is an important phase for the con-tinuous improvement of software quality. Unfortunately, the application of refactorings is very subjective and heavily based on the expertise of the devel-opers resulting in an unstable quality assurance. In this paper, we present an experience-based approach for the semi-automatic and goal-oriented refactor-ing of software systems based on didactical augmented experiences, following the experience factory paradigm. This approach promises the accelerated acqui-sition, (re-) use, and learning of knowledge in the refactoring process.