Peer Review
A peer review is a static testing activity in which colleagues examine a work product to identify defects, provide feedback, and improve quality.
“A type of review performed on a work product by persons that have the abilities required to create it.”
(Definition reproduced from the ISTQB Glossary. Copyright belongs to ISTQB.)
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Peer reviews encourage collaboration by allowing team members with similar expertise to review requirements, designs, code, or test artifacts before execution.
Collaborative review: Team members evaluate each other's work.
Early defect detection: Reviews identify issues before testing begins.
Knowledge sharing: Participants improve shared understanding.
Real World Example
A regulated product team is preparing a release where Peer review appears in reviews, test design conversations, or defect triage rather than as an isolated glossary word.
The risk is that the team treats Peer review as interchangeable with nearby ISTQB terms. That makes test scope blurry and can lead to weak evidence for the release decision.
The tester anchors the discussion in the official definition, asks where the concept appears in the product, and designs examples that show the difference between Peer review and similar ideas.
The page becomes useful in practice because Peer review is connected to a specific testing decision, not memorized as a detached definition.
Practice Questions
Question 1
Which statement BEST describes Peer review in the context of ISTQB terminology?
Question 2
A tester needs to explain Peer review to a non‑technical stakeholder. Which approach is MOST appropriate?
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