1. CONFIDENTIAL | COPYRIGHT 2001, PAR3 COMMUNICATIONS | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Walk and Stagger Through Review Process Michael Ensminger michael.ensminger@par3.com mensming@ieee.org PAR3 Communications

2. CONFIDENTIAL | COPYRIGHT 2001, PAR3 COMMUNICATIONS | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Traditional Review Methodologies  Desk Check  Walkthrough  Informal Review  Formal Review  Fagan Style Inspections  Pair Programming

3. CONFIDENTIAL | COPYRIGHT 2001, PAR3 COMMUNICATIONS | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Challenges to Introducing Reviews to an Inexperienced Team  Background knowledge of the team  What are the responsibilities of the individual team members?  When is the review done?  What was the quality level of the review?

4. CONFIDENTIAL | COPYRIGHT 2001, PAR3 COMMUNICATIONS | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Walk Through Defined The systematic review of a use case, design, code, etc. as the final system will execute it with a focus on the "normal" -- that is, non-error -- processing.

5. CONFIDENTIAL | COPYRIGHT 2001, PAR3 COMMUNICATIONS | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Stagger Through Defined The systematic review of a use case, design, code, etc. as the final system will execute it with a focus on the "non- normal" -- that is error and uncommon execution paths -- processing.

6. CONFIDENTIAL | COPYRIGHT 2001, PAR3 COMMUNICATIONS | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Walk Through Process 1.Determine Focus and Scope 2.Select Review Team 3.Pre-Read 4.Review Meeting 5.Record Issues 6.Make Changes 7.Follow-up Before Stagger Through

7. CONFIDENTIAL | COPYRIGHT 2001, PAR3 COMMUNICATIONS | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Stagger Through Process 1.Prepare for Stagger Through Meeting 2.Review Meeting 3.Record Issues 4.Determine Next Steps 5.Make Changes

8. CONFIDENTIAL | COPYRIGHT 2001, PAR3 COMMUNICATIONS | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Case Study: Partes Corporation  The Product  The Team  The Initial Schedule  The Review Process  Schedule Impact

9. CONFIDENTIAL | COPYRIGHT 2001, PAR3 COMMUNICATIONS | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Questions?  Contact Information: Email: mensming@ieee.org Or michael.ensminger@par3.com