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Structured Walkthrough
January 17, 2008
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The structured Walk-through:
The structured walk through or formal technical review (FTR) is an inspection intended to expose defects in the product. It helps in discovering defects at the earliest possible stage. In addition a walkthrough helps uncover places where standards have been ignored where inefficient algorithms have been used or where a technically correct program might nonetheless present future maintenance problems.
A structured walkthrough is usually a group effort with several people serving different functions on the team. The following are some of the members who participate in a structured walkthrough:
- Presenter
- Coordinator
- Scribe
- Maintenance Critic
- Standard Critic
- One or more user representative.
Roles of each member
The presenter usually the creator of the product leads the team through an examination of the product.
The Coordinator organizes all activities that occur prior to the walkthrough such as seeing that each team member receives copy of the product being examined and also serves as a moderator during the actual review.
The scribe records the proceedings and forwards to management the report summarizing the team findings.
The maintenance critic ascertains that the product performs as requested.
The team members may be analysts and or programmers depending on the type of product being reviewed.
A member may serve several roles e.g. serving as both maintenance and standard critic in order to reduce the size of the team.
The responsibility of the team is to give an accurate appraisal, good or bad of the product being reviewed leading to production of quality system.
The participants should identify defects, but they should not attempt to correct them since the correction is the responsibility of the author.
The outcome of the walkthrough is the walkthrough report prepared by the scribe. On the first page i.e the summary, all participants must sign a report to show that they are in agreement with it. This reinforces the idea of shared responsibility for the quality of the final product.
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