According to Capers Jones, nearly two-thirds of all defects fall into this category. What s needed are ways to find these code-level errors early in the development cycle. Studies show that inspection is more efficient and cost-effective than conventional testing. Similarly, project leaders and managers, challenged by ambitious product development schedules, see writing code as productive and reading code as a time waster. One solution is to use Automated Software Inspection.
Tools take time to evaluate, buy, install and learn how to properly use, configure and maintain.
An alternative approach is the use of Automated Software Inspection services that find defects without taxing in-house resources and return results within days. Because the service provider performs the inspection and eliminates false positives, only critical defects are in the final report. There are no tools to install, configure and maintain. The quality of software affects the bottom line of every company. Fortunately, new development methodologies, such as Extreme Programming, put peer review squarely in the middle of the development process every line of code is reviewed as it is written.