Exploring the relationship between experience and group performance in software review

The aim is to examine the important relationships between experience, task training and software review performance. One hundred and ninety-two volunteer university students were randomly assigned into 48 four-member groups. Subjects were required to detect defects from a design document. The main findings include (1) role experience has a positive effect on software review performance; (2) working experience in the software industry has a positive effect on software review performance; (3) task training has no significant effect on software review performance; (4) role experience has no significant effect on task training; (5) working experience in the software industry has a significant effect on task training.

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