DocumentCode :
2508859
Title :
Comparing inspection strategies for software requirement specifications
Author :
Cheng, Benjamin ; Jeffery, Ross
Author_Institution :
New South Wales Univ., NSW, Australia
fYear :
1996
fDate :
14-18 Jul 1996
Firstpage :
203
Lastpage :
211
Abstract :
This paper reports on a laboratory experiment on the use of decomposition strategies in software requirements inspections. The experiment follows on from the work of (Porter et al., 1995) who compared the use of scenarios with ad hoc and checklist techniques, finding (among other things) that the scenario technique was superior. This experiment compares the scenario technique with inspection strategies which are self-set by the inspection team prior to the inspection but after they have seen the documents to be inspected. The specification used was a system developed by a software company for a client in the commercial sector. It was found that the commercial scenarios developed for the experiment were not superior to self-set strategies. This suggests that the benefits to be derived from scenarios are derived through the decomposition process and that experienced people may be able to derive strategies that are at least as good, if not better, than a provided set of scenarios. An advantage we noticed with the provided scenarios was the manner in which this technique could be used to focus the reviewers´ attention on particular defect types. This could be used to advantage in industry. The overall findings of this experiment supports and extends the earlier research on inspections
Keywords :
formal specification; inspection; program verification; software development management; software quality; ad hoc techniques; checklist techniques; decomposition strategies; documents; laboratory experiment; scenario technique; self set strategies; software company; software defects; software inspection strategies; software requirement specifications; software requirements inspection; Australia; Code standards; Fault detection; Formal specifications; Inspection; Laboratories; Software design; Software engineering; Software standards; Standards development;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Australian Software Engineering Conference, 1996., Proceedings of 1996
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7635-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ASWEC.1996.534137
Filename :
534137
Link To Document :
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