Conduct peer reviews on selected work products and identify issues resulting from the peer review.

One of the purposes of conducting a peer review is to find and remove defects early. Peer reviews are performed incrementally as work products are being developed. These reviews are structured and are not management reviews.

Peer reviews may be performed on key work products of specification, design, test, and implementation activities and specific planning work products.

The focus of the peer review should be on the work product in review, not on the person who produced it.

When issues arise during the peer review, they should be communicated to the primary developer of the work product for correction.

Refer to the Project Monitoring and Control process area for information about tracking issues that arise during a peer review.

Peer reviews should address the following guidelines: there must be sufficient preparation, the conduct must be managed and controlled, consistent and sufficient data must be recorded (an example is conducting a formal inspection), and action items must be recorded.

Typical Work Products

1.    Peer review results

2.    Peer review issues

3.    Peer review data

Subpractices

1.    Perform the assigned roles in the peer review.

2.    Identify and document defects and other issues in the work product.

3.    Record the results of the peer review, including the action items.

4.    Collect peer review data.

Refer to the Measurement and Analysis process area for more information about data collection.

5.    Identify action items and communicate the issues to relevant stakeholders.

6.    Conduct an additional peer review if the defined criteria indicate the need.

7.    Ensure that the exit criteria for the peer review are satisfied.