A static analysis technique that relies on visual examination of development products to detect errors, violations of development standards, and other problems. [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]
Inspection [ IEEE 1490 ]: Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity, component, product, result, or service conforms to specified requirements.
- Inspections are peer examinations led by impartial facilitators who are trained in inspection techniques. Determination of remedial or investigative action for an anomaly is a mandatory element of a software inspection, although the solution should not be determined in the inspection meeting. Types include code inspection; design inspection. [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]