DocumentCode :
769463
Title :
An experimental comparison of usage-based and checklist-based reading
Author :
Thelin, Thomas ; Runeson, Per ; Wohlin, Claes
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Syst., Lund Univ., Sweden
Volume :
29
Issue :
8
fYear :
2003
Firstpage :
687
Lastpage :
704
Abstract :
Software quality can be defined as the customers´ perception of how a system works. Inspection is a method to monitor and control the quality throughout the development cycle. Reading techniques applied to inspections help reviewers to stay focused on the important parts of an artifact when inspecting. However, many reading techniques focus on finding as many faults as possible, regardless of their importance. Usage-based reading helps reviewers to focus on the most important parts of a software artifact from a user´s point of view. We present an experiment, which compares usage-based and checklist-based reading. The results show that reviewers applying usage-based reading are more efficient and effective in detecting the most critical faults from a user´s point of view than reviewers using checklist-based reading. Usage-based reading may be preferable for software organizations that utilize or start utilizing use cases in their software development.
Keywords :
inspection; program testing; program verification; software quality; software reliability; software reviews; checklist-based reading; controlled experiment; empirical study; fault detection; reading technique; software development cycle; software inspection; software organization; software quality; software review; software validation; usage-based reading; use cases; Bioreactors; Books; Computer industry; Fault detection; Inspection; Monitoring; Phase estimation; Programming; Software engineering; Software testing;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0098-5589
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TSE.2003.1223644
Filename :
1223644
Link To Document :
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