The Use of Procedural Roles in Code Inspections: An Experimental Study

摘要

Software inspections are important for finding defects in software products (Fagan, 1976; Bilb, 1993; Humphyrey, 1995; Strauss and Ebenau, 1994). A typical inspection includes two stages: individual preparation Followed by a groups review with roles assigned to each reviewer. Research has shown that group tasks typicall Result in process loss (Lorge et al., 1958; Steiner, 1972). In software defect detection also, considerable defects Found during individual preparation are subsequently not reported by the group (Porter and Votta, 1994; Porter et Al., 1995, 1997; Land et al., 1997a, 1997b; Siy, 1996; Votta, 1993)