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The review work item documents the results of a designe or code review. The review work item must include detailed information about how the design or code met standards in areas of name correctness, code relevance, extensibility, code complexity, algorithmic complexity, and code security. If the review found that the design or code needed no changes, the review work item can be closed. If minor changes or major changes are needed, the active review work item is assigned to a developer to resolve. If minor changes are needed, the developer can close the review work item directly. If major changes are needed, a second review is required and the review work item is only closed if the second review passes successfully.

Field Description

Title

Required. The title distinguishes the results of one review from another. The title should be descriptive enough to identify which section of code or which design was reviewed.

ID

The unique identifier used to identify the review work item. Team Foundation Server automatically creates the ID when the work item is created.

Type

Identifies what kind of meeting was used for the review. Valid values are Meeting or Offline.

Purpose

Describes the purpose of the review in terms of what was reviewed, and what criteria was applied in the review.

Review Owner

Identifies who conducted the review.

Required Attendees

A list of attendees who must attend the review and are consulted during the review.

Optional Attendees

A list of attendees who are interested in being informed about the review.

Actual Attendees

A list of who actually attended the review meeting.

Minutes

Detailed information about the review meeting, including what was reviewed, what criteria was applied, and what problems were identified.

Comments

Describes any other miscellaneous information about the review not appropriately captured elsewhere.

Called Date

The date and time the review is held.

Called By

The person who called or announced the review.

Held By

The person who conducted the review meeting.

Held Date

The date and time the review meeting was actually held.

Passed By

The person who declared the review to be passed. A review is not passed until all major problems are addressed.

Passed Date

The date the review was passed. A review is not passed until all major problems are addressed.

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