An instrumented approach to improving software quality through formal technical review

Author

Johnson, Philip M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

16-21 May 1994

Firstpage

113

Lastpage

122

Abstract

Formal technical review (FTR) is an essential component of all software quality assessment, assurance and improvement techniques. However, current FTR practice leads to significant expense, clerical overhead, group process obstacles, and research methodology problems. CSRS is an instrumented, computer-supported cooperative work environment for formal technical review. CSRS addresses problems in the practice of FTR by providing computer support for both the process and products of FTR. CSRS also addresses problems in research on FTR through instrumentation supporting fine-grained, high quality data collection and analysis. This paper describes CSRS, a computer-mediated review method called FTArm, and selected findings from their use to explore issues in formal technical review

Keywords

groupware; software quality; software tools; systems analysis; CSRS; FTArm; FTR practice; clerical overhead; computer-mediated review method; computer-supported cooperative work; data analysis; expense; fine-grained high quality data collection; formal technical review; group process obstacles; research methodology problem; software quality assessment; software quality assurance; Capability maturity model; Collaborative software; Data analysis; Humans; Instruments; Probes; Programming; Software engineering; Software quality; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering, 1994. Proceedings. ICSE-16., 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sorrento

ISSN

0270-5257

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5855-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSE.1994.296771

Filename

296771