Conducting code reviews in TFS

In the introduction to this chapter, we briefly talked about technical debt and how it can impact the productivity of a Team. The use of good engineering practices helps tackle issues that are potential contributors to technical debt. There is a consensus across the industry that code review is an effective and practical way to collar code inconsistency and possible defects early in the software development life cycle.

A study on the value and importance of code reviews conducted by Forrester Consulting highlighted the following as perceived benefits of code review:

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