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| Software development is a young (some would say immature) profession, and a lot of what we do as | Software development is a young (some would say immature) profession, and a lot of what we do as | ||
| software developers is guided by anecdotes, intuition, and received wisdom. The topic of reviews, | software developers is guided by anecdotes, intuition, and received wisdom. The topic of reviews, | ||
| - | however, is a bit different, and we’ve actually got a substantial body of research that tells us something | + | however, is a bit different, and we've actually got a substantial body of research that tells us something |
| important: reviews improve quality, reduce delivery time, and save money without slowing | important: reviews improve quality, reduce delivery time, and save money without slowing | ||
| development teams down. Given what we know about the efficacy of reviews, it would be surprising to | development teams down. Given what we know about the efficacy of reviews, it would be surprising to | ||
| - | still find development organizations today that don’t use them. Yet we do. | + | still find development organizations today that don't use them. Yet we do. |
| - | In this talk I’ll present some of what we know about reviews. We’ll look at questions like: | + | In this talk I'll present some of what we know about reviews. We'll look at questions like: |
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| - | ● How long should a review be? | + | |
| - | ● What kinds of artifacts can be usefully reviewed? | + | |
| - | ● How is the time spent in reviews accounted for in terms of quality or ROI? | + | |
| Some of the answers to these questions can be very eye-opening! | Some of the answers to these questions can be very eye-opening! | ||
| - | Along with the “harder” economic and software-oriented benefits of reviews, I’ll also spend some time | + | Along with the 'harder' |
| looking at some of the social and team-oriented improvements they can provide. All of these elements | looking at some of the social and team-oriented improvements they can provide. All of these elements | ||
| - | build upon one another, of course, so it’s useful to have high-level or holistic sense of what reviews can | + | build upon one another, of course, so it's useful to have high-level or holistic sense of what reviews can |
| do for your organization. | do for your organization. | ||
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