Investigating the effect of Process Experience on Inspection Effectiveness
Investigating the effect of Process Experience on Inspection Effectiveness
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2003-04-04
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Carver, Jeffrey
Shull, Forrest
Basili, Victor
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Abstract
Requirements inspections are a process for improving the quality of software by
allowing software developers to detect defects early in the lifecycle when they
are cheaper to fix. One issue that arises is the experience level with a
particular inspection technique an inspector needs before he or she is effective
and efficient in using that technique. This technical report describes a study
run in CMSC735 in Fall 2001. The goal of this study was to begin to understand
the impact of process experience on a software inspection. Some of the subjects
were given a chance to observe an inspection using the Perspective Based Reading
(PBR) techniques before they had to use these techniques themselves. This
report discusses how the particular experience with process was evaluated and
how the efficiency and effectiveness of these subjects compared with that of the
subjects who did not get the opportunity to observe someone else using PBR priorto their own use of it.
UMIACS-TR-2003-12