Management review
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Management reviews are studies conducted for management purposes: considering current project status and the future commitment of resource (Go / NoGo decisions). They are distinct from software engineering peer reviews, which are conducted for evaluating the technical quality of software work products, and from software audits, which are conducted by personnel external to the project to evaluate compliance with specifications, standards, contractual agreements, or other criteria.
[edit] Process
A management review may be conducted informally, but will benefit from a formal structure and rules of conduct such as those advocated in the IEEE standard quoted above, which recommends the following sequence of activities[1]:
- [Entry evaluation]
- Management preparation
- Planning the review
- Overview of review procedures
- [Individual] Preparation
- [Group] Examination
- Rework/follow-up
- [Exit evaluation]
[edit] Definition
In software engineering, a management review is:
A systematic evaluation of a software acquisition, supply, development, operation, or maintenance process performed by or on behalf of management ... [and conducted] to monitor progress, determine the status of plans and schedules, confirm requirements and their system allocation, or evaluate the effectiveness of management approaches used to achieve fitness for purpose. Management reviews support decisions about corrective actions, changes in the allocation of resources, or changes to the scope of the project.
Management reviews are carried out by, or on behalf of, the management personnel having direct responsibility for the system. Management reviews identify consistency with and deviations from plans, or adequacies and inadequacies of management procedures. This examination may require more than one meeting. The examination need not address all aspects of the product."[2]
