Using Learning Styles to Staff and Improve Software Inspection Team Performance

Anurag Goswami; Gursimran S. Walia; Urvashi Rathod

doi:10.1109/ISSREW.2016.38

Using Learning Styles to Staff and Improve Software Inspection Team Performance

Anurag Goswami, Gursimran S. Walia, Urvashi Rathod

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Abstract

Software inspections are most widely used technique by industrial practitioners for improving software quality. While inspections are an effective verification technique, evidence suggests that overall performance of an inspection process is highly dependent on an individual inspectors' ability to detect faults. Our work leverages cognitive science research to help improve the inspection team performance. This paper presents the results from two industrial studies that evaluate the effect of cognitive learning styles (LSs) of individual inspectors on their inspection team performance. The results showed that the inspection teams formed with inspectors of diverse LSs outperformed teams with similar LSs of inspectors. These results can help software managers better staff inspectors, enabling cost savings, and improving quality.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	9-12
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509036011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSREW.2016.38
State	Published - Dec 16 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	27th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016 - Ottawa, Canada Duration: Oct 23 2016 → Oct 27 2016

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Name	Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016

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Conference	27th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Ottawa
Period	10/23/16 → 10/27/16

Keywords

Learning style
Requirements inspection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Software

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Goswami, A., Walia, G. S., & Rathod, U. (2016). Using Learning Styles to Staff and Improve Software Inspection Team Performance. In Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016 (pp. 9-12). Article 7789367 (Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSREW.2016.38

Using Learning Styles to Staff and Improve Software Inspection Team Performance. / Goswami, Anurag; Walia, Gursimran S.; Rathod, Urvashi.
Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 9-12 7789367 (Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Goswami, A, Walia, GS & Rathod, U 2016, Using Learning Styles to Staff and Improve Software Inspection Team Performance. in Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016., 7789367, Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 9-12, 27th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016, Ottawa, Canada, 10/23/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSREW.2016.38

Goswami A, Walia GS, Rathod U. Using Learning Styles to Staff and Improve Software Inspection Team Performance. In Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. p. 9-12. 7789367. (Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016). doi: 10.1109/ISSREW.2016.38

Goswami, Anurag ; Walia, Gursimran S. ; Rathod, Urvashi. / Using Learning Styles to Staff and Improve Software Inspection Team Performance. Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. pp. 9-12 (Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2016).

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