Re: Inspections Was: RE: [AM] ANN: Mashing Deadly Myths

"J. B. Rainsberger" <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:10:52 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.programming.modeling.agile
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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."
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