Verification Strategies - Overview of Inspections

Inspections are static analysis techniques that relies on visual examination of development products to detect errors, violations of development standards, and other problems. Types include :
- code inspection
- design inspection
- architectural inspections
- test ware inspections

The participants in inspections include inspection leader, recorder, reader, author, inspector. All participants in the review are inspectors. The author should not act as an inspection leader, reader or recorder. Other roles may be shared among the team members. Individual participants may act in more than one role. Individuals holding management positions over nay member of the inspection team shall not participate in the inspection.

Input Criteria includes:
- Statement of objectives for the inspection.
- The software product to be inspected.
- Documented inspection procedure.
- Inspection reporting forms.
- Current anomalies or issues list.
- Inspection checklists.
- Any regulations, standards, guidelines, plans, and procedures against which the software product is to be inspected.
- Hardware product specifications.
- Hardware performance data.
- Anomaly categories.
The individuals may make additional reference material available responsible for the software product when requested by the inspection leader.

The purpose of the exit criteria is to bring an unambiguous closure to the inspection meeting. The exit decision shall determine if the software product meets the inspection exit criteria and shall prescribe any appropriate re-work and verification. Specifically, the inspection team shall identify the software product disposition as one of the following:
- Accept with no or minor re-work : The software product is accepted as is or with only minor re-work.
- Accept with re-work verification : The software product is to be accepted after the inspection leader or a designated member of the inspection team verifies re-work.
- Re-inspect : Schedule a re-inspection to verify rework. At a minimum, a re-inspection shall examine the software product areas changed to resolve anomalies identified in the last inspection.