Task: Follow up a Review
This task lists the actions which must result from a review.
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Purpose

The purpose of this task is to emphasize conducting the results, otherwise if nothing is done, the review is of little value.

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    Main Description

    Following each review meeting, the results of the meeting should be documented in some form of Review Record. In addition, change request may be formally recorded (and eventually assigned to someone to own and drive to resolution).

    One of the most important, yet surprisingly often neglected, aspects of reviews is the management to resolution of the follow-up tasks or actions identified during the review. While you can usually assign many of the identified actions during the course of the review meeting itself, be prepared to reassign tasks as needed to help balance the workload of team members.

    Even if you can review everything you need to in a single meeting, you probably won't get approval of all your conclusions the first time. Be prepared to carry out subsequent reviews as necessary to help manage the undertaking of a large number of follow-up tasks.

    Steps
    Prioritize the list of problems
    Create defects to track the problems and their resolution
    If additional investigation is required, assign a small team to research the problem (but not to solve it)
    For problems that can be resolved in the current iteration, assign a person or team to fix the problem
    Feed the list of unresolved problems into future iteration planning efforts