The Psychology of Quality and More

C Style: Standards and Guidelines (contents)

CHAPTER 11 : Implementing Standards

PART 5 : IMPLEMENTATION

CHAPTER 11 : Implementing Standards
11.1 Raising awareness of the need for standards
11.2 'Disadvantages' of coding standards
11.3 Getting the standards defined
11.4 What should the standards contain?
11.5 Getting the standards into use
11.6 Prove the value
11.7 Keeping the standards alive
11.8 Making sure the standards are used
11.9 Summary

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11.8  Making sure the standards are used

Sadly, unless given the appropriate encouragement, people tend either not to follow standards or to drift: first on small points, then on more important points.

Rather than check for conformance to standards separately, the best approach is to combine this with checking for defects in the coding. Reviews and inspections are widely regarded as an excellent defect detection and prevention method. These need only have an extra checklist for conformance to coding standards. Where you have different people reviewing different aspects of the code, then one of these is given a focus on coding standards.

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