TFS Code Review Workflow

TFS Code Review Workflow

This project is a combination of a Code Review Work Item and a Code Review Check-in Policy. The check-in policy doesn’t allow a check-in unless it has an associated Code Review work item, and that work item is set to approved. Only people in a TFS group named [Project]\Code Reviewers can set an item to approved.

Workflow:

1. Dev finishes code and wants it reviewed so they shelve the changeset and create a Code Review work item and mention the name of the shelf set. This is assigned to a general Code Review team.

2. People on the code review team have event subscriptions which sends them an e-mail when a workitem is assigned to the Code Review group. One of them will open the work item, review the shelf set and resolve the item as 'Accepted' or 'Needs changes' which assigns it back to the original dev.

3. Once in an approved state the dev can check-in and associate to the work item which will close it.