Re: Inspections Was: RE: [AM] ANN: Mashing Deadly Myths
"J. B. Rainsberger" <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:10:52 -0500
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Scott E. Preece wrote: > The purpose of inspections is defect removal. Pairing will remove SOME > of the defects that an individual programmer would leave in the code, > but not all of them. For example, University of Utah study that > Cockburn and Williams cite in "The Costs and Benefits of Pair > Programming" found that pairs left 15% fewer defects in their output > than individual programmers. This study does not account for promsicuous pairing over time, and therefore is unfairly compared to inspections "by multiple inspectors." -- J. B. Rainsberger, Diaspar Software Services http://www.diasparsoftware.com :: +1 416 791-8603 Let's write software that people understand For more information about AM, visit the Agile Modeling Home Page at www.agilemodeling.com --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrKDA.bWnbtk.Z2NtYS1h Or send an email to: [email protected] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------