Mısra, SanjayMisra, SanjayFernandez, LuisColomo-Palacios, RicardoComputer Engineering2024-07-052024-07-05201482047-74732047-748110.1002/smr.1691https://doi.org/10.1002/smr.1691https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/176Fernandez-Sanz, Luis/0000-0003-0778-0073; Misra, Sanjay/0000-0002-3556-9331Software inspection is considered a cost-effective quality assurance technique in software process improvement. Although inspections detect the majority of defects in the early stages of the development process, this technique is not a common practice in the software industry, especially in small and medium enterprises. In this paper, we propose a model for the inspection process intended to be applicable and acceptable to both small and medium enterprises and large software organisations. The model was implemented in two organisations: one in a medium-scale company and the other one in a department of a big company where its feasibility and benefits were confirmed. A comparison with recent alternative inspection models has also been performed showing the practicality of the proposal and ease of adoption and cost-effectiveness. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesssoftware qualitysoftware inspectionsoftware development processinspection meetingsSMEArticleQ3261212971315WOS:000346649500012