DocumentCode :
2589668
Title :
Validating the defect detection performance advantage of group designs for software reviews: report of a replicated experiment
Author :
Land, Lesley Pek Wee ; Jeffery, Ross ; Sauer, Chris
Author_Institution :
New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
fYear :
1997
fDate :
29 Sep-2 Oct 1997
Firstpage :
17
Lastpage :
26
Abstract :
It is widely accepted that software development technical reviews (SDTRs) are a useful technique for finding defects in software products. The normative SDTR literature assumes that group reviews are better than individual reviews. Recent debates centre around the need for review meetings. This paper presents the findings of a replicated experiment that was conducted to investigate whether group review meetings are needed and why. We found that an interacting group is the preferred choice over the average individual and artificial (nominal) groups. The source of performance advantage of interacting groups is not synergy as was previously thought, but rather in discriminating between true defects and false positives identified by individual reviewers. As a practical implication, nominal groups may be an alternative review design in situations where individuals exhibit a low level of false positives
Keywords :
human resource management; program debugging; program diagnostics; software development management; software quality; group designs; group reviews; individual reviews; interacting group; nominal groups; program defect detection performance; replicated experiment; review design; software development technical reviews; software products; software quality; software reviews; synergy; Australia; Information management; Information technology; Programming; Software design; Software performance; Software quality; Software reviews; Technology management; Testing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Conference, 1997. Proceedings., Australian
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8081-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ASWEC.1997.623751
Filename :
623751
Link To Document :
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