Quote: study of 130 software reviews during the development of 55K new lines of C++ code; managed and observed by an inspection quality engineer

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We ran this experiment at Lucent Technologies … on a project developing a compiler and environment … lines of C++ code … [p. 334] When a code unit ( … on average about 300 LOC) has compiled successfully … [inspection quality engineer]. He then randomly assigned a treatment (based on the treatment … [Treatments consisted of one or two review sessions, the later with optional defect repair in between sessions. A session could use 1, 2, or 4 reviewers.] … During preparation, reviewers analyze the code in order … [without using] checklists or other defect detection aids. All … For the collection meeting … [one] reviewer paraphrases the code. … One reviewer acts as the moderator. … The code unit's author compiles the master list … The IQE attended 125 of 130 collection meetings … [as an observer].   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: random selection of software review treatments: 1,2, or 4 reviewers with 1 or 2 review sessions or 2 reviews with defect repair; all reviewers prepared ahead of time

Quote: during a review, one reviewer paraphrases the code, one reviewer is the moderator, and the author compiles the master list of defects

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