Peer Reviews
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Simple Description
Peer Reviews is a practice that involves work being reviewed by a "peer" (team-mate, lead, manager, etc.).
Primary Name
Peer Reviews
Also Known As
Code Reviews, Work Product Review
Core Process
Spans the whole core process: Requirements, Build, and Publish
Purpose
Ensure accuracy, acceptability and conformance (i.e. Quality).
Implementations
Description
Peer reviewing is a generic practice that involves the independent review of "work" by "peers." Work may be code, documentation, schedules, plans, budgets, etc. Work is merely some form of output that can be independently reviewed. A "peer" may be any co-worker, an external organization, or even a computer (for automated reviews). The idea behind peer reviews is to the need to independently check and verify the work produced.
Reviews may be used for conformance (such as code style, document style, template usage, etc.), for bug finding (such as in code or in legal terminology in contracts, etc.), for acceptance (such as policy reviews, etc.), or any other quality-based checks. Even testing can be considered a peer review, though it's treated differently (see Testing).
