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Activity:

Prepare for Code Review (CMMI Level 3 : VER 2.1 )

Participating Roles

Responsible:

Developer

Informed:

Developer

Architect

Overview

Entry Criteria

  • Changed source code that is unit tested is ready for review.

Sub-Activities

1

Identify Reviewers

  • Determine who will participate in the code review.
  • The lead developer and architect responsible for the code area should participate in the review.
  • All developers on the same team as the developer who's code is being reviewed should participate in the review.

2

Schedule the Review

  • Schedule a review meeting with the reviewers.
  • Provide sufficient time for each reviewer to read and understand the code before the meeting occurs.
  • Plan the length of the review meeting to correspond to how much code must be reviewed.

3

Circulate Code for Review

  • Send the code to each reviewer on the list so that they have a chance to see the code before participating in the review.

Exit Criteria

List of Reviewers.

Schedule for Review.

Source code for review.

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