Review Techniques

 There are a number of review techniques that can be applied during the individual review (i.e., individual preparation) activity to uncover defects. 

1. Ad Hoc-

 In an ad hoc review, reviewers are provided with little or no guidance on how this task should be performed. Reviewers often read the work product sequentially, identifying and documenting issues as they encounter them. 

2.Checklist-based-  

An experience based test techniques whereby the experienced tester uses a list of items to be noted, checked, or remembered, or set of rules or criteria against which a product must be verified. The main advantage of the checklist-based technique is a systematic coverage of typical defect types. 

3. Scenarios and dry runs-

 In a scenario-based review, reviewers are provided with structured guidelines on how to read through the work product. These scenarios provide reviewers with better guidelines on how to identify specific defect types than simple checklist entries.

4. Perspective-based -

In perspective-based reading, similar to a role-based review, reviewers take on different stakeholder viewpoints in individual reviewing. Typical stakeholder viewpoints include end user, marketing, designer, tester, or operations.  

5. Role based -

Role-based review is a technique in which the reviewers evaluate the work product from the perspective of individual stakeholder roles. Typical roles include specific end user types (experienced, inexperienced, senior, child, etc.), and specific roles in the organization (user administrator, system administrator, performance tester, etc.). The same principles apply as in perspective-based reading because the roles are similar.