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Practical Challenges with Inspections

publish date: 2026/06/14 04:09:33.863116 UTC

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In small companies or small development groups, what is a practical challenge that makes formal inspections difficult to conduct?

Regulatory frameworks prohibit small teams from conducting inspections without certification

It is difficult and expensive to form a separate inspection team when all potential members are also developers

Small teams produce too little code to justify the overhead of formal inspections

Small teams lack access to version control tools needed for inspections

Correct Answer

It is difficult and expensive to form a separate inspection team when all potential members are also developers

Explanation

In small companies or development groups, it can be difficult and expensive to put together a separate inspection team because all potential team members may also be developers of the software. This practical constraint limits the applicability of formal inspections in small settings.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 10th edition

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