Code review workshops

Make code reviews faster, more consistent, and easier to trust.

Evidence-based, hands-on workshops for engineering teams that want to reduce review delays, improve feedback, build a healthier review culture, and adapt their practice to AI-generated code and AI review tools.

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Remote
3 or 6 hours
Typical group size: 6–14
Tailored to your workflow

Research translated into team practice

Informed by work with teams and participants from Microsoft, Wix, National Instruments, Expedia Group, and Automattic.

Why it matters

Most review problems are not tooling problems.

Slow approvals, vague feedback, oversized changes, tense conversations, and inconsistent expectations are usually symptoms of a review workflow that has drifted out of alignment.

The workshop helps your team inspect the full system: author habits, reviewer behavior, feedback quality, expectations, communication norms, ownership, and the additional pressure introduced by AI-generated code.

Reviews wait too long

Work sits idle, reviewers are interrupted, and delivery becomes unpredictable.

Feedback quality varies

Teams lack a shared standard for useful, respectful, actionable comments.

AI adds volume and noise

More generated code and automated comments increase the need for judgment, not less.

Workshop outcomes

What your team learns to improve.

The work stays practical: each topic connects research and proven practices to decisions your team makes every day.

Review speed

Reduce avoidable waiting by improving change size, reviewer routing, expectations, and response habits.

Feedback quality

Write clear, useful comments that improve the code without exhausting or discouraging the author.

Constructive conflict

Handle disagreement with less friction and more shared technical judgment.

Team standards

Create shared review guidelines so the same questions are not re-litigated in every pull request.

AI review strategy

Decide where AI assistance helps, how to evaluate its suggestions, and which decisions humans must own.

Improvement plan

Leave with concrete changes your team can apply immediately.

Workshop formats & pricing

Choose the depth that matches your team.

3 hours

Focus

A focused workshop for teams that need immediate progress on one high-friction review problem.

Choose speed or feedback culture
Team pain-point assessment
Interactive exercises and discussion
Immediate operating changes

€3,190Team price

Includes up to 8 participants

Recommended group: 6–14 participants
Additional participants: €299 each

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2 × 3 hours

Excellence

A deeper format for teams that want to improve review flow, feedback quality, and shared standards.

Review speed and feedback quality
Feedback and conflict exercises
Shared team review principles
Team-specific improvement plan

€4,790Team price

Includes up to 8 participants

Recommended group: 6–14 participants
Additional participants: €399 each

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Excellence workshop + coaching

Success

For organizations that want a supported change effort around review culture and process.

Everything in the complete workshop
Comprehensive assessment call
In-depth workflow analysis
Six hours of post-workshop coaching

€9,600Team price

Includes up to 8 participants

Recommended group: 6–14 participants
Additional participants: €499 each

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Prices exclude VAT. A final quote follows a short fit conversation so the format matches the work your team needs.

How the workshop works

Evidence translated into practical team habits.

The workshop is grounded in empirical software engineering research and adapted to the way your team actually reviews code.

DiagnoseStart from your current pain points, workflow, norms, and examples.
PracticeWork through your own reviews, feedback, and guided exercises.
AlignBuild shared language around speed, quality, ownership, and respectful feedback.
ApplyLeave with an improvement plan tailored by your team.

What participants say

Better habits, smaller reviews, and more alignment.

After attending the code review workshop, we were able to reduce the size of our code reviews and made the review process more consistent between projects.

Marcus ÖsterbergEngineering Manager at TeleClinic

Perfect mix of theory, background, and practical. This is hard to get right!

Dave CottlehuberSoftware Architect at SkunkWerks

The workshop presented code review from the perspective of the author, reviewer, and organization and gave clear ideas on how to improve each aspect.

Tim WardCoordinator, Web Development at Seminole State College

Dr. Michaela Greiler speaking at a software engineering event

Research · Practice · Team change

Hi, I'm Dr. Michaela Greiler.

I am a code review expert, researcher and consultant, specializing in helping engineering teams improve code reviews, developer experience, and engineering effectiveness.

I have worked with major product teams across Microsoft, hold a PhD in Software Engineering from Delft University of Technology, and have spent the last 7 years, helping organizations improve their code review practices.

My workshops translate empirical research and field experience into practices engineers can use immediately.

Questions

What teams usually ask.

Still unsure which format fits? The inquiry form is simply a starting point for a fit conversation.

What happens during the workshop?

The sessions combine concise research-backed input with real review scenarios, small-group exercises, and guided discussion. Your team applies the material to its own bottlenecks and finishes with concrete changes to try.

Does the workshop cover AI-assisted development?

Yes. When relevant to your team, we cover AI-generated changes, coding agents, and AI review tools. The main focus remains the review practice: speed, quality, collaboration, and clear responsibility.

Can the workshop be tailored to our workflow?

Yes. Before the workshop, we discuss your review process, current pain points, team composition, and goals. Exercises and emphasis are adapted to the problems your team needs to solve.

Is it suitable for senior developers and engineering leads?

Yes. Their experience is especially valuable when the team needs to align on standards, mentoring, technical judgment, and responsibility across the review process.

How is the workshop delivered?

Workshops are fully remote and scheduled around your team's availability. Participants need access to examples from their own code review practice; no source code needs to be shared publicly.

How does team pricing work?

The workshop is priced as a team engagement rather than as individual tickets. The base team fee covers planning, tailoring, coordination, and delivery for the included group size. Additional participants are charged at a lower rate because that setup is already covered—but larger groups still require more facilitation, coordination, and follow-up. Workshops are capped at 20 participants to keep the experience interactive.

Can we book the workshop with fewer than six participants?

Yes. The base fee is for a private, tailored team engagement rather than a bundle of individual tickets, so it remains the same for smaller groups. Most teams bring 6–10 participants, which creates a good balance of discussion and individual participation.

Can more than 10 people participate?

Yes. Groups of 15 still work very well, and groups of up to 20 can be accommodated using structured exercises and smaller breakouts. For more than 20 participants, the workshop is split into separate cohorts to keep it interactive.

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Ready to make reviews faster, kinder, and more useful?

Share a little about your team, review workflow, and the friction you want to solve. I'll suggest the format that gives your team the strongest next step.

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