3.2.1 Work Product Review Process

The review process comprises the following main activities:

Defining the scope, which includes the purpose of the review, what documents or parts of documents to review, and the quality characteristics to be evaluated
Estimating effort and timeframe
Identifying review characteristics such as the review type with roles, activities, and checklists
Selecting the people to participate in the review and allocating roles
Defining the entry and exit criteria for more formal review types (e.g., inspections)
Checking that entry criteria are met (for more formal review types)

Distributing the work product (physically or by electronic means) and other material, such as issue log forms, checklists, and related work products
Explaining the scope, objectives, process, roles, and work products to the participants
Answering any questions that participants may have about the review

Communicating identified potential defects (e.g., in a review meeting)
Analyzing potential defects, assigning ownership and status to them
Evaluating and documenting quality characteristics
Evaluating the review findings against the exit criteria to make a review decision (reject; major changes needed; accept, possibly with minor changes)

Creating defect reports for those findings that require changes to a work product
Fixing defects found (typically done by the author) in the work product reviewed
Communicating defects to the appropriate person or team (when found in a work product related to the work product reviewed)
Recording updated status of defects (in formal reviews), potentially including the agreement of the comment originator
Gathering metrics (for more formal review types)
Checking that exit criteria are met (for more formal review types)
Accepting the work product when the exit criteria are reached

The results of a work product review vary, depending on the review type and formality, as described in section 3.2.3.

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