Inviting the right people
The most important part of the specification review is inviting the right people to the meeting. If you get that wrong, nothing else you can do will make the meeting a success. So long as you have the right people and a detailed specification to work from, you are ready to begin. So, who should you invite?
While there are many roles necessary to make the specification review a success, three people are critical: the product owner, the lead developer, and the lead tester. Optionally, the senior developer, user experience team, and project manager can also attend:
Figure 3.1 – Attendees for specification reviews
The ISTQB suggests six different roles for specification reviews. Personally, as a test team leader, I was usually all of those, performing multiple different roles simultaneously, so I don’t consider them necessary. However, it’s worth describing the meeting roles, especially if they will fall to you...
