Software Peer Reviews

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Chapter 1: Peer reviews — The basics

1. What are peer reviews
   1. Peer reviews are part of validation and verification (v&v)
   2. Verification & validation techniques
   3. What is a peer review?
   4. Where do peer reviews fit?
   5. What are defects?
2. When are peer reviews held
   1. Peer reviews throughout the life cycle
3. Who participates in peer reviews
   1. Who is a peer?
   2. Consider the customer/supplier chain
4. Why are peer reviews important
   1. Why are peer reviews important?
   2. Benefits of peer reviews
   3. Increasing costs of fixing defects
   4. Defect prevention and process improvement
   5. Factors affecting the quality of peer reviews
5. Types of peer reviews
   1. Types of peer reviews
   2. Choosing the right type of peer review
   3. Desk-checking process

Chapter 2: Walkthroughs

1. The walkthrough process
   1. Why walkthroughs
   2. Walkthrough inputs & outputs
   3. Walkthrough process
   4. Walkthrough roles
   5. Leader
   6. Author
   7. Scribe
   8. Reviewers
2. Planning walkthroughs
   1. Planning walkthroughs
   2. Frequency and timing
3. Conducting a walkthrough meeting
   1. Conducting a walkthroughs meeting
   2. Walkthroughs action item log
4. Closing a walkthrough
   1. Closing a walkthrough
   2. Walkthrough report
   3. Exercise — Walkthrough

Chapter 3: Formal Inspections

1. The formal inspection process
   1. Why formal inspections
   2. Industry results
   3. Formal inspection process
   4. Inspection roles
   5. Moderator
   6. Author
   7. Reader
   8. Scribe
   9. Inspectors
   10. Formal inspection general rules
2. Planning phase
   1. Planning objective
   2. Entry criteria
   3. Planning process
   4. Moderator identification
   5. One or more inspections
   6. Selecting participants
   7. Inspection team size
   8. Assigning roles
   9. Overview meeting or not?
   10. Inspection package
   11. Inspection announcement
   12. Common-defects checklist
   13. Exercise — Inspection planning
3. Overview meeting
   1. Overview meeting objectives
   2. Overview meeting process
   3. Areas of special focus
   4. Overview meeting general rules
   5. Exercise — Overview meeting
4. Preparation phase
   1. Preparation phase objectives
   2. Preparation phase process
   3. Preparation phase general rules
   4. What does the reader do
   5. Exercise - paraphrasing
   6. What do the inspectors do
   7. Formal inspection logs
   8. Formal inspection defect type codes
   9. Exercise — Preparation
5. Inspection meeting
   1. Inspection meeting objectives
   2. Inspection meeting process
   3. Inspection meeting general rules
   4. Formal inspection report
   5. Lessons learned
   6. Exercise — Inspection meeting
6. Re-work phase
   1. Re-work phase objectives
   2. Re-work phase process
7. Follow-up meeting
   1. Follow-up meeting objectives
   2. Follow-up meeting process
   3. Exit criteria
   4. Tracking open issues
8. Metric collection and analysis
   1. Process tracking metrics
   2. Process improvement metrics
   3. Metric do’s and don’ts

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