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Apr 1, 2000
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Impact of Software Review and Inspection
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To Be1,
ATLAS DAQ2
- Defined
- CERN
Speaker:
To Be Defined
Software Review has been part of the software process for the ATLAS Data
Acquisition Project DAQ/EF-1 since its start in 1996. Taking the form of an
informal review, the software is presented at each of its phases to the
group during a meeting and then discussed aiming for a accept/reject decision.
In 1998 the more formal Software Inspection process based on Tom Gilb's method
has been introduced. Software Inspection is a quality improvement process
for written material including code with its first objective of defect
detection. Improvements are achieved for the end-product as well as for
the process of document and code production. Flexibility built into the
working process allow methods and rules to be updated in response
to participant's suggestion and change in technology. It provides
ongoing integration and education of participants and help in defect
prevention, its second objective.
A number of Software Inspections on Requirements, Design and Code
including its documentation have been performed and a project specific
database of metrics has been established since the introduction of
such inspections. Results show the importance of software inspection
for the entire software lifecycle and in particular of the requirements
to ensure defect detection early in the production phase. Areas for
improvement have been identified in the fields of coding conventions,
naming rules and guidelines for establishing and using document templates
in order to facilitate communication and integration of individual project
components.
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