Investigating the cost-effectiveness of reinspections in software development

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn 2001-May, Issue , 2001, Pages 155-164

  Biffl, Stefan ^a   Freimut, Bernd ^b   Laitenberger, Oliver ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DEFECTS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; REENGINEERING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

COST AND BENEFITS; COST-BENEFIT MODELS; EMPIRICAL DATA; INSPECTION PROCESS; NET GAIN; RE-INSPECTION; REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT; SOFTWARE INSPECTION; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; STUDENT TEAMS; REINSPECTION BENEFITS; REINSPECTION NET GAIN; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT REINSPECTIONS;

INSPECTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0035000892     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE.2001.919090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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