ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation THE IMPACT OF BACKG

1、ABSTRACTTitleofDissertation:THEIMPACTOFBACKGROUNDANDEXPERIENCEONSOFTWAREINSPECTIONS.JeffreyClarkCarver,DoctorofPhilosophy,2003Dissertationdirectedby:ProfessorVictorBasiliDepartmentofComputerScienceThisdissertationisaninitialstudyintotherelationshipbetweenaninspector’scharacteristicsandhisorhereffectivenessinaninspection.Researchhasshownthatimprovingtheindividualeffectivenessoftheinspectorsimprovestheoveralleffectivenessofaninspectionteam.But,theperformanceofinspectorsvarieswidely,evenwhenusingt。

2、hesameinspectiontechnique.Thisvariationisoftenduetotheinherentdifferencesamongtheinspectorswhousedthetechnique.Inordertobetterunderstandthisvariationandprovideguidancetoinspectionplanners,thisdissertationhasfocusedonthebackgroundandexperienceoftheinspectorasthesourceofvariation.TostudythisissueIusedanovelapproachforsoftwareengineering,groundedtheory.Thismethodologyallowedhypothesestobebuiltbothtop-down,fromtheliterature,aswellasbottom-up,usingdata.Theliteratureportioncamefromsoftwareengineeringa。

3、swellaseducationandpsychology.Thedataportioncamefrombothexistingstudiesandnewlydesignedstudies.Thedatafromexistingstudiesallowedtheinitialhypothesestobecomemoreconcrete.Oncesomeofthehypotheseshadsupportfromdata,thefinalstepwastodesignstudiestotestasubsetofthehypotheses.Idesignedandrantwostudiestotesttheselectedhypotheses.Thegoalofthefirststudywastounderstandthetypeandlevelofexperiencewiththesoftwareinspectionprocessthatwasnecessary.Theearlierdatahadshownthatprocessexperiencewasimportant,buttheef。

4、fectofthetypeandlevelofexperiencewasstillunclear.Thegoalofthesecondstudywastounderstandtheinteractionbetweenaninspector’ssoftwaredevelopmentexperienceandthelevelofdetailrequiredinaninspectionprocess.Theearlierdatahadshownsomeindicationsthatforexperiencedinspectorstoomuchdetailreducedthenumberofdefectsfound,whilelessexperiencedinspectorsneededmoredetailtoovercometheirlackofexperienceandfindmoredefects.Thisdissertationpresentscompletelistofhypothesesandtheresultsofthesestudiesalongwithsomespecific。

5、suggestionsforbothresearchersandpractitioners.THEIMPACTOFBACKGROUNDANDEXPERIENCEONSOFTWAREINSPECTIONSbyJeffreyClarkCarverDissertationsubmittedtotheFacultyoftheGraduateSchooloftheUniversityofMaryland,CollegeParkinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofDoctorofPhilosophy2003AdvisoryCommittee:ProfessorVictorBasiliProfessorAtifMemonDr.ForrestShullProfessorClaudeWalstonProfessorMarvinZelkowitzÓCopyrightbyJeffreyClarkCarver2003iiTABLEOFCONTENTSLISTOFTABLES....................................。

6、.........................................................................ivLISTOFFIGURES..........................................................................................................viii1.Introduction.................................................................................................................11.1ProductQuality...................................................................................................11.2ProcessQuality........................................。

7、............................................................21.3ProcessImprovement..........................................................................................21.4ProblemStatement..............................................................................................31.4.1Hypotheses..................................................................................................41.4.2ImpactofResults...............................................................................。

8、..........42.StateoftheArt............................................................................................................62.1SoftwareQuality.................................................................................................62.2Process.................................................................................................................92.2.1ConstructionandAnalysisProcesses........................................................102.2.2ManagerialandTechnicalAsp。

9、ectsofProcesses.......................................102.2.3Inspections.................................................................................................112.2.4DefectReductionStudies..........................................................................122.3ProcessImprovement........................................................................................142.4ValidationLiterature.........................................................................................172。

10、.4.1DataCollectionandAnalysis....................................................................172.4.2GroundedTheory......................................................................................183.Methodology.............................................................................................................203.1Motivation.........................................................................................................203.2DevelopingalistofContextVariables...............。