SM-25 - PEER REVIEWS POLICY - DRAFT Standard Work Products Purpose. This Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) Financial Systems Organization (FSO) policy establishes Peer Review responsibilities for the development and modification of automated information systems (AISs). This policy provides the requirement for a methodical examination of software work products by the producer’s peers to identify defects and areas where changes are needed and to develop a better understanding of the software products and of the defects that might be prevented. Scope. This policy applies to all AISs of the FSO which have not been granted exemption from software process improvement by the FSO Director. Goal. Peer review activities are planned and scheduled to detect and remove errors as early as possible in the life cycle. Policy Statements. 1. The software work products which will undergo peer review are identified in the tasks of the selected scenarios. A standard set of these software work products is attached to this policy. The project manager may identify other software work products that will be subject to peer review. These software work products will be recorded in the project plan and the software development plan. 2. Peer reviews are led by trained peer review leaders. These peer review leaders shall be trained in peer reviews through courses approved by the FSA/DSE Director. FSO Systems Management Directorate shall maintain information on acceptable/recommended peer review courses. 3. After having received the proper training, peer review leaders shall execute the following responsibilities:     a. Identify the objectives, principles, and method of the peer review     b. Plan and organize the peer review     c. Distribute review materials to review participants in advance of peer review. These review materials should include the relevant inputs to the development of the software work products undergoing peer review.     d. Evaluate and enforce readiness and completion criteria for the peer review. Issues satisfying these criteria are reported to the appropriate managers. Checklists are tailored for use in identifying criteria for the review of the software work product in a consistent manner.     e. Assign roles for the peer review, such as recorder, mediator, etc.     f. Conduct and facilitate the peer review     g. Report the results of the peer review to appropriate personnel     h. Track and confirm rework to address the actions identified in the peer review. Actions identified in the peer reviews are tracked until they are resolved.     i. Collect and report the data required for the peer review. 4. Peer reviews focus on the software work product being reviewed and not on the producer. Results of the peer reviews are not used by management to evaluate the performance of individuals. 5. Data on the conduct and results of the peer reviews shall be collected and recorded in accordance with the standard software process metrics specification. Examples of data include: identification of the software work product reviewed, size of the software work product, size and composition of the review team, preparation time per reviewer, length of the review meeting, types and numbers of defects found and fixed, and rework effort. Additional measurements to be captured are number of peer reviews performed compared to the plan, overall effort expended on peer reviews compared to the plan, and the number of work products reviewed compared to the plan. These measurements will be used to determine the status of the peer review activities. References. 1. SEI’s Capability Maturity Model 2. FSO Systems Management Policy SM-21, Organization Process Focus and Definition Policy Point of Contact. The Director, Systems Management and members of the Corporate SEPG may be contacted regarding this policy. They may be reached at DSN 699-5927 or commercial 317-510-5927. 1 Attachment Standard Work Products List Attachment 1 to Policy SM-25, Peer Reviews STANDARD WORK PRODUCTS FOR PEER REVIEW Risk Management Plan Software Process Improvement Plan Functional Analysis Section of SCR Technical Analysis Section of SCR Pseudocode Program/System Specifications Screen Layouts Report Layouts JCL Estimation Test Procedures Test Scripts Test Data