Process Area 3.5 – Peer reviews

Purpose

The purpose of the Peer Reviews Process Area is to:

• Verify that work products meet their specified requirements
• Remove defects from selected work products as early and as efficiently as possible
• Gain a better understanding of the products being developed.

Scope

The Peer Reviews Process Area covers the practices for performing peer reviews on work products, by reviewing a requirements specification for testability.

It also includes the practices for establishing the peer review approach within a project.

Project reviews (otherwise known as management reviews) are outside the scope of this Process Area.

Deployment

Some points to consider when looking at this Process Area:

• Is there a defined approach to performing reviews?
• Are reviews planned for all product items based on product risk?
• Do projects actually carry out reviews according to the plan?
• Are reviews checked for efficiency and effectiveness?
• Are reviews carried out with a view to ensuring that the product meets its specified requirements?