Comprehensive Software Quality Assurance

IBM® Rational® Logiscope is a software quality assurance tool that automates code reviews and the identification and detection of error-prone modules for software testing.

  • Detects software coding defects early in the life cycle, which can help reduce development time
  • Improves code reliability by indicating untested software code
  • Locates error-prone modules, the ones that are typically responsible for most software errors
  • Helps you anticipate and diagnose problems by providing information based on software metrics and graphs
  • Provides software metrics templates for evaluating program quality characteristics, such as maintainability
  • Improves software engineering practices and helps developers achieve the best coding and testing practices
  • Helps reduce maintenance costs through appropriate code re-factoring, which identifies duplicate code across source code trees
  • Helps improve maintainability and reliability by locating error-prone modules and providing valuable information based on software metrics to help you anticipate and diagnose problems
  • Helps reduce maintenance costs by appropriate code re-factoring by identifying duplicated code across many source code trees
  • Operating systems supported: Linux, Windows

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Datasheet: IBM Rational Logiscope Software

In addition to meeting project requirements, software developers must produce a reliable product while minimizing time to market. While these objectives may seem contradictory, reducing costs and eliminating errors in software during development go hand-in-hand. Early detection is cost-effective for projects because the sooner a problem is found, the shorter the repair time. For instance, locating and fixing bugs during the coding phase is cheaper than doing so during the testing phase because it’s not necessary to trace the source code and then retest. The origin of the error and the resulting problem are found and fixed at the same time. Moreover, when large projects involve several companies, error detection techniques and the corresponding verification processes are defined by the contracting company but must be carried out by its subcontractors.

 

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