Case Study: Leading Publicly-Traded Power Firm cuts code review time by 50% with SmartBear Collaborator

SmartBear Collaborator Reduces Code Review Time by 50% and Helps Discover Code Defects Earlier in the Development Lifecycle

A publicly traded global leader in the power industry faced slow, informal code reviews managed offline by printing PDFs and holding inefficient meetings—especially painful when coordinating across time zones with development teams in India and China. The manager responsible for code review recognized the need to streamline the process after reading SmartBear’s book on peer code review.

They deployed SmartBear Collaborator after a successful test, rolling it out to about 180 developers and testers; Collaborator integrates with SCM tools, supports Office/PDF reviews, and isolates business-unit reviews to protect IP. The result: review time was cut roughly 50%, defects are found earlier in the lifecycle, asynchronous reviews across regions run smoothly, and built‑in reporting enforces accountability and supports performance evaluation.