Accenture Global Services Gmbh

Colin P Jarrett

Vikrant Shyamkant Kaulgud

Vibhu Saujanya Sharma

Nishant Kumar

Pramod Bijani

Vallinath Sriramula

Shantiprakash Motwani

Bernhard F Kraft

Anirudha Singh

Reva Modi

A plurality of coding violation indications corresponding to software code are categorized according to a plurality of coding quality attributes. The coding violation indications may be reported via static analysis tools or via manual analysis of the software code. The categorized coding violations serve as the basis for determining a plurality of code quality indices each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of coding quality attributes. In an embodiment, the plurality of code quality indices may be further processed to determine an overall code quality index for the software code. One or more of the resulting code quality indices may be displayed to a user. In this manner, code quality indices may be provided that are directly based on coding violations reported through static analysis.

Assessment of software code quality based on coding violation indications

A cost per unit of processed code metric is determined based on a quantity of processed code during a given time period that is attributable to one or more developers, and a cost to develop the quantity of processed code during the time period attributable to the one or more developers. Also, a quality scaling factor is calculated based on quality measurements for the quantity of processed code. Thereafter, the cost per unit of processed code metric is scaled (or discounted) by the quality scaling factor to provide a cost of development index (CDI). Because the inputs to the quality scaling factor may be determined in an automated fashion, this CDI determination permits more rapid response to any adverse assessments. Furthermore, because direct measurement of code quality is employed, more meaningful insight is provided into the likelihood that end product, i.e., the software code, is of good quality.

Assessment of software code development

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Colin P Jarrett