Studies on Reading Techniques

Software reading is a key technical activity that aims at achieving whatever degree of understanding is needed to accomplish a particular objective. The various work documents associated with software development (e.g., requirements, design, code, and test plans) often require continual understanding, review and modification throughout the development life cycle. Thus software reading, i.e., the individual analysis of textual software work products, is the core activity in many software engineering tasks: verification and validation, maintenance, evolution, and reuse.