DocumentCode
2341973
Title
Improving software quality: the use of formal inspections at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Author
Bush, Marilyn
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fYear
1990
fDate
26-30 Mar 1990
Firstpage
196
Lastpage
199
Abstract
After surveying detection practices in the best of industry, JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Software Product Assurance decided that the most cost-effective early defect detection technique was the Fagan inspection procedure. The author describes this technique, how it was introduced to JPL, some of the difficulties involved in transferring technology, and the first provisional set of results
Keywords
quality control; software reliability; technology transfer; Fagan inspection procedure; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; formal inspections; software quality; software reliability; transferring technology; Computer industry; Inspection; Laboratories; Management training; Meeting planning; Phase detection; Propulsion; Software design; Software quality; Software systems; Software testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Engineering, 1990. Proceedings., 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Nice
Print_ISBN
0-8186-2026-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSE.1990.63623
Filename
63623
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