Incorporating the inspection process into a software maintenance organization

The results are given of introducing the inspection process into an established software life cycle maintenance organization. The results were obtained while implementing a major system enhancement and support the continued use of software inspection in the maintenance environment, for both system enhancements and problem corrections. The defect data collected provided the quantitative information required to determine how well the software group was performing and what specific development areas needed improvement. Results from this experience, support the premise that cost reduction and quality improvement can be obtained using the inspection process