Peer Reviews - Leader Training
Overview
Peer Reviews have been shown in many studies and through empirical evidence “in the wild” to be the single most effective technique for reducing the level of defects in delivered systems.
Effectively implementing Peer Reviews requires strong leadership – to get the optimum value from the significant investment that is necessary in terms of time and effort the leadership team needs to have a clear understanding of what needs to be done at each step in the process.
The course provides guidelines for, and practice in, leading different types of Peer Reviews with a focus on the inter-personal and communications skills needed to make Peer Reviews work in your organisation.
The material provides guidelines for effectively implementing and running Peer Reviews for Quality Assurance – build the right product, first time!
Intended For
People responsible for implementing and leading Peer Reviews processes in their orgainsation.
Prerequisites
Participants must have completed the Software Education course Peer Reviews in Action.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Understand the value of Peer Reviews in the development process
- Understand the different roles involved and the interactions between those roles
- Understand how to conduct Peer Reviews
- Understand the responsibilities of the leader during Peer Reviews
- Understand the potential pitfalls and problems that could be encountered when implementing and conducting Peer Reviews
- Understand how to overcome those pitfalls and ensure the success of the Peer Review process
- Understand the value of metrics in the effective implementation of Peer Reviews
- Understand the role of the Process Owner and their relationship to the review leaders
Content
- Course Introduction
- Background facts & figures
- Peer review types
- Roles & responsibilities
- The role of the leader
- People, personalities, communication & interaction
- Leading teams
- Dealing with conflict
- Leader activities and responsibilities at each stage of the Peer Review Process
- Entry criteria
- Planning
- Overview meeting
- Checking
- Review Meeting
- Correction
- Validation
- Exit criteria
- Identifying the metrics to gather
- Gathering the metrics
- Tools for Peer Reviews
- The role of the Process Owner
- Continuous process improvement
Method Used
Lecturing is kept to the minimum necessary. A participative approach is used to enable learning by discovery.
Experiential learning is emphasised – the participants are actively involved in the training process.
Documentation: Course notes, including guides, templates and checklists. References to Web sites and further reading.
