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inspection team
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inspection team	can inspect about 200 lines of code per hour (including comments), or ten pages of text per hour
	consists of software engineers with the following roles: the author a moderator who calls and runs the meeting and makes sure that the general principles of inspecting are adhered to a secretary who records the defects when they are found paraphrasers who step through the document explaining it in their own words
	does not normally include manager so that participants can express their criticisms more openly, not fearing repercussions from the manager
	has only goal finding defects
	includes experienced software engineers, who are more likely to uncover defects
	is a subtopic of 10.10 - Inspections
	is a kind of team
	may include a manager if there are not enough people to perform inspections in a small organization
	performs inspecting
	should avoid discussing how to fix defects because this is a design issue that can be left to the author
	should avoid discussing style issues
	should avoid getting tired
	should be effective and efficient
	should consist of between two and five people (including the author)
	should ensure that all the defects in the log are resolved
	should feel that they are all working together to create a better document
	should inspect all aspects of code should be considered, including the comments
	should inspect code, design documents, test plans and requirements
	should inspect the most important documents of all types, not necessarily every single piece of code or every document
	should keep logs of inspections
	should not inspect documents that are not ready
	should not rush
	should not work for more than two hours at a time, or for more than four hours a day
	should prepare for inspections by studying the code or other documents prior to the meeting and coming prepared with a list of defects
	should re-inspect documents or code that is changed more than 20% for any reason

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