Karl Wiegers on Humanizing Peer Reviews
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Karl Wiegers on Humanizing Peer Reviews
The social and psychological landscape of collaborative work review
Summary:
How serious are you about the quality of your work? Learn how to set aside egos and start benefiting from the experience and perspective of your colleagues.
Peer review—an activity in which people other than the author of a software deliverable examine it for defects and improvement opportunities—is one of the most powerful software quality tools available. Peer review methods include inspections, walkthroughs, peer deskchecks, and other similar activities. After experiencing the benefits of peer reviews for nearly fifteen years, I would never work in a team that did not perform them.
However, many organizations struggle to implement an effective review program.
