1. A computer-implemented method for use in software development, the method comprising: receiving, for a software project, a plurality of parameters indicative of one or more peer reviews for the software project; and generating, by at least one computer system, a predictive analysis of the performance of the one or more peer reviews based on the parameters, wherein generating a predictive analysis of the performance of the one or more peer reviews based on the parameters comprises: identifying a desired defect density, the desired defect density indicating defects per lines of code; and calculating a number of peer reviews to be performed for the desired defect density.