Re: PL/SQL Code Reviews

Billy wrote:

> Of course, not that easy. What did work and worked well is when we did
> an outsource job many years ago using external sub-contractors for
> development. The first week for a new group of contractors was
> dedicated to training. I gave them the specs for a minor subsystem
> (already developed) that was about 3 man days worth of development. The
> week (5md's) was spend by the new contractors developing that subsystem
> in a dev environment. This was the ideal environment for them to get
> their feet wet, make mistakes, and learn from it.
>
> After that week, they were fully productive and turned out quality
> code. I reviewed their code as part of my Q&A duties, but it was minor
> and nothing like these full blown (and often confrontational) reviews
> one tends to get. And 90+% of the code was really quality stuff. Sure,
> the 1st 5md's was training at our expense. But we got a lot more back
> on that investment in the end.
>
> We had the occassion where a contractor kind of failed this 1st week's
> training. We terminated their contracts immediately.

An excellent methodology. I plan to flatter you by copying it the next time I get the opportunity: Brilliant.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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