August 2018
Beginner
594 pages
22h 33m
English
Content preview from Software Architect's Handbook
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Formal inspections
Formal inspections, as you might imagine from the name, are a more structured way of reviewing deliverables. It is a group review method and has been found to be quite effective at finding defects. The main goal of formal inspections is to evaluate and improve the quality of the software system.
Formal inspections are meetings in which deliverables, such as a design or code, are reviewed in order to find defects. Formal inspections are scheduled in advance, and participants are invited to the meeting.