What is the main difference between "walkthrough" and "review"?

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Bhavani

  • Apr 3rd, 2006
 

A walkthrough is an informal meeting for evaluation or informational purposes. A walkthrough is also a process at an abstract level. It's the process of inspecting software code by following paths through the code (as determined by input conditions and choices made along the way). The purpose of code walkthroughs is to ensure the code fits the purpose. Walkthroughs also offer opportunities to assess an individual or team's competency.

An inspection is a formal meeting, more formalized than a walkthrough and typically consists of 3-10 people including a moderator, reader (the author of whatever is being reviewed) and a recorder (to make notes in the document). The subject of the inspection is typically a document, such as a requirements document or a test plan. The purpose of an inspection is to find problems and see what is missing, not to fix anything. The result of the meeting should be documented in a written report. Attendees should prepare for this type of meeting by reading through the document, before the meeting starts; most problems are found during this preparation. Preparation for inspections is difficult, but is one of the most cost-effective methods of ensuring quality, since bug prevention is more cost effective than bug detection

 

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Prachi Sakhare

  • Apr 6th, 2006
 

You already know what walkthrough is...Review is again a informal process where in the document is given to any 3rd person to find out errors. This 3rd person can be your peer or your boss.

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sudhakar2068

  • Oct 9th, 2006
 

walkthrough:A review of requirements, designs or code characterized by the author of the object under review guiding the progression of the review.

review:A process in which one or more persons checks changed documents or data to determine if the changes are correct.

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Dhamo

  • Jul 27th, 2011
 

A walk through is lead by the author, whilst an inspection is lead by a trained moderator.

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Immadisetty vamsi

  • Aug 8th, 2011
 

1.Walk Through is a process of informal meeting were people come to meeting place and discuss the topic. Where as in review people will have an information of which they are going to discuss in meeting.

2.Walk through doesn't check the code line by line where as it will be done in review.

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