A tailored capability model for inspection process improvement

Author

Tervonen, Ilkka ; Iisakka, Juha ; Harjumaa, Lasse

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Process. Sci., Oulu Univ., Finland

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

275

Lastpage

282

Abstract

Software inspection is recognised as the most effective means of finding defects. In spite of its important role in software development, existing capability models have not addressed inspection issues or looked for inspection-related improvement activities to a sufficient extent. The inspection-tailored capability model presented provides a method for evaluating inspection process capability and supports the location of weak points in a company´s inspection process. The first experiments reported are promising, and the evaluation process discovered correctly focused improvement ideas which were also agreed on by the company concerned

Keywords

inspection; software development management; software process improvement; software quality; capability models; defect finding; inspection issues; inspection process capability; inspection process improvement; inspection related improvement activities; inspection-tailored capability model; software development; software inspection; tailored capability model; weak points; Capability maturity model; Coordinate measuring machines; Information processing; Inspection; Meeting planning; Process planning; Programming; SPICE; Software engineering; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quality Software, 2001. Proceedings.Second Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1287-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APAQS.2001.990030

Filename

990030