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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Thomas R. Haynes, Apex, NC (US);
Lin Sun, Morrisville, NC (US);
Thomas R. Haynes, Apex, NC (US);
Lin Sun, Morrisville, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present provide a method, system and computer program product for reviewer selection during distributed software development. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for reviewer selection during distributed software development can include receiving a request to review a module of source code stored in a source code repository and managed by an IDE executing in memory of a computer. The method also can include retrieving meta-data for the module of source code referencing different collaborators previously accessing the module of source code in the IDE. The method yet further can include ranking the collaborators according to at least one user centric characteristic of the module of source code. Finally, the method can include selecting a highest ranked one of the collaborators to review the module of source code.