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Definitions of Peer Review, Walkthrough, Inspection

  Shimin asks, What do you mean by “peer review”? Here are my definitions: Peer review. An author asks a peer to read, comment, and critique a work artifact. If the work artifact is code, the reviewer will read the … Continue reading

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Techniques to “Catch Up”

  I’m reviewing my students’ updated plans for their projects. One team originally wanted full unit testing on the code as it was created, but added (my paraphrase) “if the project is late, some unit testing will be acceptable.” I … Continue reading

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More Eyes are Better Than Two

  I seem to have a vision theme happening this week :-) How many kinds of review do you perform on your project’s work products? Especially with software projects, it makes sense to review interim work products, so you have … Continue reading

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