Defect Management Using Depth of Inspection and the Inspection Performance Metric

TL;DR

This paper introduces Depth of Inspection (DI) and Inspection Performance Metric (IPM) as new metrics to improve defect management in software development, providing valuable insights into the inspection process for better quality and cost efficiency.

Contribution

It proposes and defines DI and IPM metrics to quantitatively assess and enhance the effectiveness of software inspection processes.

Findings

DI and IPM provide valuable process insights

Metrics enable cost-effective defect management

Improved inspection process evaluation

Abstract

Advancement in fundamental engineering aspects of software development enables IT enterprises to develop a more cost effective and better quality product through aptly organized defect management strategies. Inspection continues to be the most effective and efficient technique of defect management. To have an appropriate measurement of the inspection process, the process metric, Depth of Inspection (DI) and the people metric, Inspection Performance Metric (IPM) are introduced. The introduction of these pair of metrics can yield valuable information from a company in relation to the inspection process.