NASA-STD 8739.9 Software Formal Inspections Standard

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This Technical Standard approved by NASA 2013-06-17. Superseding NASA-STD-2202-93. 53 p. The purpose of this Standard is to define the requirements for a software inspection process aimed at detecting and eliminating defects as early as possible in the software life cycle. This process can be used for any documented product, however, this Standard focuses on its use for software products — i.e., software code, plans, manuals, etc. The process provides for the collection and analysis of inspection data to improve the inspection process as well as the quality of the software