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Code Collaborator greatly simplifies the review process by automating the planning, presentation, execution, and management of reviews.

— Chris Holl
Director, Corporate Software Engineering Process Group
Intuit

Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review

Peer code review is happening behind the scenes at your competitor's shop. Are they wasting their time or gaining a competitive advantage? What type of review actually works?

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We've compiled 10 practical essays from industry experts giving specific techniques for effective peer code review:

Cisco: The largest-ever case study of peer code review
Modern experiments: results of the past 15 years
Five types of review: Pro's and Con's
Managing social aspects of peer review
Code review in the SEI/CMMI/PSP/TSP context
Why many developers don't embrace code review
Questions to ask when implementing a peer review process
Why haven't you heard more about code review?
Metrics and measurements
Code Collaborator: Software for efficient, remote peer review

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Table of Contents & Sample Chapters

Complete Table of Contents with some chapters available on-line:

The Case for Peer Review: The $1 billion bug and why no one talks about peer code review.
Resistance to Code Review: Why some developers resist code review and how new tools change the game.
Five Types of Review: Pros and cons of formal, over-the-shoulder, e-mail pass-around, pair-programming, and tool-assisted reviews.
Brand New Information: What modern literature has to say about code review; what studies do and don't agree on.
Code Review at Cisco Systems: The largest case study ever done on lightweight code review process; data and lessons.
Social Effects of Peer Review: Unexpected positive social aspects; handling hurt feelings, and the "Big Brother Effect."
Questions for a Review Process: Questions to ask and what to do with the answers when starting a peer review process.
Measurement & Improvement: Which metrics are useful, what do they mean, what do they not mean, and how to use them to improve the process.
The Science of Review Process: The code review process from the CMM/SEI perspective.
Code Collaborator: Screen-by-screen walk-through for the most popular peer code review tool on the market.
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