Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Software Metrics (METRICS'02)
Software Inspection Benchmarking - A Qualitative and Quantitative Comparative Opportunity
Ottawa, Canada
June 04-June 07
ISBN: 0-7695-1339-5
Software inspections are commonly used throughout the software industry, but there are still open questions about inspection effectiveness. For example, which techniques work best in various environments? Are requirements specifications inspections and code inspections different in terms of effectiveness? What is the effectiveness in inspections for different group sizes? Benchmarking provides an opportunity to address such issues. This paper discusses how benchmarking may be applied for software inspections. The discussion is illustrated with an empirical study. It is shown how the data can be used to plan and manage software inspections. It is concluded that software inspections are well suited for benchmarking and that software practitioners as well as researchers can learn valuable lessons. the relationship between inspection processes and
Citation:
Claes Wohlin, Aybuke Aurum, Håkan Petersson, Forrest Shull, Marcus Ciolkowski, "Software Inspection Benchmarking - A Qualitative and Quantitative Comparative Opportunity," metrics, pp.118, Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Software Metrics (METRICS'02), 2002