Software inspections in practice

Abstract

Software inspections are one of effective software engineering instrument for improving software quality. According to statistic information inspection effectiveness in finding defects is about 60% that is 2 times greater than testing effectiveness. But it's not too easy to achieve high stable effectiveness of the inspection process. This paper describes the experience of software inspection process usage in CQG company, where the process has been consistently applied for some years. There will be talking about the process specifics, supporting instruments, metrics and compliance control.