A computer-implemented method for providing a control signal for a software development environment, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of defect reports from two or more defect report sources, wherein the plurality of defect reports is related to a plurality of program code portions of the software development project, wherein at least a subset of the plurality of defect reports corresponds to automatically generated defect reports; determining a defect type for individual defect reports of the plurality of defect reports, wherein a defect type indicates a type of software error the defect report relates to, wherein a defect type further indicates a defect-category dependent severity of the defect report for a subset of defect categories of a plurality of defect categories; determining a context category of a plurality of context categories for the individual defect reports, wherein the context category indicates a functional component, such as one of an interface, a database component, a data storage component, a user interface, a programming interface and/or a data processing component, of the software development project the program code portion related to an individual defect report is used in, wherein the context category further indicates one or more weighting factors for the plurality of defect categories; determining a defect score for the individual defect reports based on the defect type of the defect report and based on the context category, wherein the defect score indicates a severity of the defect report based on the defect type and the context category of the defect report, wherein the determining of the defect score calculates the defect score for a defect report based on a severity of the defect report for the plurality of defect categories, as indicated by the defect type, weighted with a weighting factor indicated by the context category of the defect report; generating one or more trigger actions for one or more components of the software development environment based on the defect scores of the individual defect reports; and providing the control signal for the software development environment based on the one or more trigger actions, wherein the control signal is configured to cause an action of the software development environment. receiving a plurality of defect reports from two or more defect report sources, wherein the plurality of defect reports is related to a plurality of program code portions of the software development project, wherein at least a subset of the plurality of defect reports corresponds to automatically generated defect reports; determining a defect type for individual defect reports of the plurality of defect reports, wherein a defect type indicates a type of software error the defect report relates to, wherein a defect type further indicates a defect-category dependent severity of the defect report for a subset of defect categories of a plurality of defect categories; determining a context category of a plurality of context categories for the individual defect reports, wherein the context category indicates a functional component, such as one of an interface, a database component, a data storage component, a user interface, a programming interface and/or a data processing component, of the software development project the program code portion related to an individual defect report is used in, wherein the context category further indicates one or more weighting factors for the plurality of defect categories; determining a defect score for the individual defect reports based on the defect type of the defect report and based on the context category, wherein the defect score indicates a severity of the defect report based on the defect type and the context category of the defect report, wherein the determining of the defect score calculates the defect score for a defect report based on a severity of the defect report for the plurality of defect categories, as indicated by the defect type, weighted with a weighting factor indicated by the context category of the defect report; generating one or more trigger actions for one or more components of the software development environment based on the defect scores of the individual defect reports; and providing the control signal for the software development environment based on the one or more trigger actions, wherein the control signal is configured to cause an action of the software development environment.