Making Agile Reviews Effective |
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| Saturday, 09 February 2008 10:50 |
 Design and
code reviews promise to improve software quality, ensure compliance with
standards, and serve as a valuable teaching tool for developers. As with most
practices, there are subtle nuances surrounding how they're performed that can
dramatically affect their value. In some organizations, reviews are a valuable
aspect of the software lifecycle. In others, they are a necessary evil tainted
with political bureaucracy and big egos. Sub-optimal reviews conducted late in
the lifecycle are often misguided due to few objective guidelines that help
guide the review process. When used throughout the development lifecycle, code
and design quality metrics are valuable inputs to the review process.Design and
code reviews promise to improve software quality, ensure compliance with
standards, and serve as a valuable teaching tool for developers. As with most
practices, there are subtle nuances surrounding how they're performed that can
dramatically affect their value. In some organizations, reviews are a valuable
aspect of the software lifecycle. In others, they are a necessary evil tainted
with political bureaucracy and big egos. Sub-optimal reviews conducted late in
the lifecycle are often misguided due to few objective guidelines that help
guide the review process. When used throughout the development lifecycle, code
and design quality metrics are valuable inputs to the review process.Read more >>
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