How to force reviewers to always be on reviews
If you are on version 9.0.9001, or greater, then you can lock down review pools using some Java VMOPTIONs.
A review pool allows you to specify a list of users, in your case, this would be the senior developers. The review pool can then be added as a participant in a review; one of it's members will be required to step up, and volunteer to take the pool position.
We have added a feature for a client, allowing them to prevent the deletion of review pools. You can specify a regular expression that will be matched against the review pool name. If the review pool name matches, then it cannot be removed from a review, once added.
com.smartbear.reviewpools.lock.regex
Prevents review pools from being deleted. If a review pool group name matches the specified regular expression, this group cannot be deleted.
com.smartbear.reviewpools.lock.allowrolechange
A boolean setting to allow the roles of the locked review pools to be changed by anyone.
This setting has effect only if the com.smartbear.reviewpools.lock.regexsetting is specified.
com.smartbear.reviewpools.lock.rolesallowedtomodify
A comma separated list of system role names that are allowed to modify locked review pools and their roles. Administrators are always allowed to modify the locked review pools and their roles.
This setting has effect only if the com.smartbear.reviewpools.lock.regexsetting is specified.
Source: http://codecollaborator.smartbear.com/docs/manual/9.0/appdx_java_vm_options.html
Once you have configured theses options, you can then use a review created, or a phase change trigger to add the review pool to the review.
More on triggers: http://codecollaborator.smartbear.com/docs/manual/9.0/admin_triggers.html
Adding a review pool using the command line: http://codecollaborator.smartbear.com/docs/manual/9.0/ccollab_admin_review_pool_create.html
Adding a review pool using the JSON API: http://codecollaborator.smartbear.com/docs/manual/9.0/json_manage_reviews_and_review_part.html
Thanks,
Rick
