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Regular reviews and check points
During development, design and code reviews are invaluable. Without them,
quality suffers. Designs must be reviewed against requirements. Code must be
reviewed against designs. Code must also be reviewed for other quality
standards. We will look at some of these standards later in the section on Java
Development best practice. Design and code reviews can have varying levels of
formality. What is key is that the review process should:
Schedule time for developers to collectively look at specific design or code
modules.
Record findings formally so that ...