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There is a consensus that code reviews are an effective way to improve software quality and readability. It helps us to improve both our programs and programmers at the same time. However, code reviewing is not a simple task. There are many sources of variations that can affect their outcome, for example reviewer’s experience, group size, reading techniques etc. Several empirical studies have been done to identify these sources of variations and to assess how they alter the effectiveness of code reviews. The main purpose of this project is to design and conduct an empirical study that will help us improve the overall code reviewing process, by finding a good combination of some of these variation factors. The major task will be to investigate whether the use of checklists is more effective for smaller inspection teams than the larger ones or vice versa. The student himself defined this text. TDT4735 Software Engineering, Specialization Software inspections are an effective tool for defect prevention and defect detection. Several sources of variations can undermine their effectiveness. The major task of this study was to design and conduct an experiment that investigated the effects of the sources of variations and defect detection techniques on the effectiveness of software inspections. The experiment

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ii This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution-noderivs 3.0 unported license. iii DEDICATION This is dedicated to the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. May they finally know real and all-encompassing peace. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Writing a thesis is never an easy task and is one that is rarely undertaken alone. Instead an individual banks on the resources of his nearest and dearest and finally comes up with his final product. This has also been the case for me and were it not for my loving parents Marlene and Peter as well as my supportive brother Mark, neither this thesis nor this Master’s degree would have been possible. Their unending support has ensured that I have remained relatively sane and humble as I undertook this endeavour. Whilst we don’t get to choose family, we do get to choose friends. I cannot therefore fail to mention all those friends who chose to stick by me and believed in me even when I did not. Special

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