Abstract: As a part of the CAESAR research program into software inspections, two recent studies have firstly, developed theory about technical review performance, and secondly begun to test this theory empirically. The theory is based in literature on individual versus group performance in decision tasks. The normative literature on inspections proposes individual inspection preparation followed by a group meeting, with various claims made for the benefit of the group meeting. The group literature asserts that group judgments are not necessarily better than individuals, and is rich in detail as to the relative performance of individuals and groups. The seminar focuses on the results of a study of group and individual performance in reviewing code in which the experimenters had inserted defects. In addition an alternate inspection process design is proposed based on this research.

Biography

Ross Jeffery is Associate Dean for Technology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, where he also directs the Centre for Advanced Empirical Software Research (CAESAR). He is well-known for his collaboration with industry in performing empirical investigations to determine the effectiveness of techniques and tools. Dr. Jeffery is member of the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, the Journal of Empirical Software Engineering, and is a member of the steering committee of the International Conference on Software Engineering.

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