Running design reviews
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In this lesson
facilitate a review that improves the design and ends with a decision.
Planned topics
- Send material early; the meeting is for discussion of risks and alternatives.
- The facilitator separates blocking concerns from suggestions and asks the author how each is handled.
- Review the design, not the person; ask questions before offering solutions.
- End by stating the decision, the changes required, and who confirms them.
- Gatekeeping signs: reviewers invent new requirements late, or the author cannot tell what would earn approval.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
A review log table: concern | blocking or suggestion | author response | resolved by.
Check your understanding
What separates a blocking concern from a suggestion?
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A blocker is a risk that must be fixed or accepted before proceeding; a suggestion is optional.
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