Calidad en la inspección de requerimientos de software: una propuesta de medición

Resumen La inspección de software, dentro del análisis de requerimientos, consiste en un conjunto de pasos ordenados y coordinados que intenta detectar tempranamente defectos para prevenir la construcción de un software que no responda a las necesidades del usuario final. Sin embargo, aunque se sigan estos pasos, su calidad podŕıa verse afectada por el perfil de los inspectores. La calidad en la inspección de software no ha sido estudiada a profundidad; es decir, no se ha definido claramente que mediciones de calidad realizar y cómo realizar comparaciones entre inspectores. El presente estudio propone, con bases estad́ısticamente probadas, una forma concreta para medir la calidad en trabajos de inspección realizados por inspectores con diferentes perfiles. El experimento fue diseñado basado en la norma IEEE 1028-2008 y consistió en inspeccionar casos de uso para un software de un organismo del gobierno ecuatoriano donde los inspectores teńıan dos perfiles: estudiantes universitarios y profesionales de computación. Los resultados obtenidos presentan mejores ı́ndices de calidad en los profesionales. La medición de calidad de inspección propuesta podŕıa mejorarse con experimentos adicionales y trabajos a futuro.

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