Everyone has an opinion about how code reviews fit into an Agile environment from “They are crucial… just done differently,” to “They don’t belong together at all...” (think “baby giant”). No matter where your brain dwells in this spectrum, there can be no doubt that, when done right, code reviews significantly contribute to overall software quality in Agile environments. Watch this webinar and hear 3 expert panelists share their perspectives on code review and testing in agile environments and debate the highlights and pitfalls of agile code reviews. Learn: • What’s different about code reviews when you are doing agile • Do different types of software require different inspection strategies • Do code reviews vary with different agile approaches • How to avoid bad code reviews

1. Is Agile Code
Review an
Oxymoron?

2. Guest Host and Moderator
Esther Schindler
Esther Schindler is the editorial director of
Software Quality Connection. She has been
writing about technology subjects since
1992, and has focused on software
development topics for the last several
years. You've read plenty of her articles, as
her byline has appeared in
CIO.com, ITWorld.com, Software Test &
Performance, SD
Times, Informit.com, ComputerWorld and
DevSource.com. She is also a well-known
chocoholic.
http://twitter.com/estherschindler

3. Guest Expert Speaker
Jack Ganssle
A popular speaker, Jack is the Technical
Editor of Embedded Systems
Programming magazine as well as author
of the magazine's monthly column
"Breakpoints". He has published over 600
articles on different aspects of embedded
development, as well as six books on the
subject. On-line, he writes the weekly
Embedded Pulse column on
embedded.com and is editor of The
Embedded Muse, a free bi-weekly email
newsletter.
www.ganssle.com

4. Jack’s Perspective on Agile and
Code Review
Code reviews are essential for producing
quality, maintainable, software. Some of the
agile methods embrace reviews; others seem to
discount them. As a passionate advocate of
reviews, I feel any method
- agile or otherwise - that doesn't demand
reviews should be abandoned or modified.

5. Guest Expert Speaker
Jared Richardson
Jared Richardson has authored and
coauthored a number of books, including the
best selling Ship It! A Practical Guide to
Successful Software Projects and Career
2.0: Take Control of Your Life. He’s a regular
at software conferences and a thought
leader in the Agile space. Jared works full-
time as an internal coach at defense
contractor Logos Technologies. He’s made a
career out of helping teams find, and
fix, their process blind spots. He lives in
Morrisville, North Carolina with his wife and
children where he recently, quite by
accident, became a backyard chicken
farmer.
Find Jared on the web at AgileArtisans.com

6. Jared’s Perspective on Agile and
Code Review
Pair programming was a staple of XP, but it never
worked that well for me. I also saw little value in
large groups reviewing a single developers code. I
settled on the peer code review as the best solution.
When a developer finishes a feature (or fixing a
bug), and before checking in their code, they would
go find a co-worker who wasn't "deep" in another
issue, and review the work.

7. Guest Expert Speaker
Dave Rooney
A veteran Agile Coach in Ottawa, ON, Canada
with over 20 years industry experience, Dave
is a
Co-founder/Consultant with Westboro
Systems. He’s been involved with Agile
Software Development since 2000, helping
private and public sector organizations from
pre-funding startups to the Fortune 15
improve their software delivery process. He is
an active writer, speaker and advocate of
agile methods in Canada.
http://twitter.com/in/daverooneyca

8. Dave’s Perspective on Agile and
Code Review
"I come to Agile from the Extreme Programming
world, so my perspective is quite simple: at
least two pairs of eyes must see every line of
production code before it's committed to source
control. There are, however, a multitude of
ways to accomplish that goal!"

9. What’s Different?
What’s different about
code reviews when you’re
doing agile?

10. Inspection Strategies
Do different types of
software require different
inspection strategies?

11. Agile Approaches
Agile approaches: TDD
vs. XP vs. FDD vs.
SCRUM (and is TDD a
stand-alone practice or
part of XP)?

12. What’s the worst example
of code review that you’ve
seen or heard about?

13. Things I learned the hard
way.

14. Questions?