Coverity's Model Addresses Issues on Development Testing

Online, June 17, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Tool provider Coverity recently stated the development of a testing maturity model to help team developers ensure the quality and the functionality of their softwares. This will help software companies to incorporate their testing strategies into DevOps cycle and into their overall software project. The maturity model will be used to implement testing best practices and methodologies in the scheme of safe coding.

The good thing about the maturity model of Coverity is about its applicability to any type of platform by organizations. It collaborates with the Coverity's Development Testing Platform to allow set of practices for organizations to operate even on varied platforms. Jennifer Johnson, VP of marketing at Coverity, stated that they have come up with best practices model that the whole industry can use. This is among their open-source experience as well having worked with different enterprise customers.

The value of this development can be efficiently gauged in terms of testing the validity and the functionality of a software in a particular platform. It clearly outlines a phased-in approach to the adoption of development testing practices. Framework like VB.NET development for example is a platform used by several development teams across the software projects. Coverity's model caters any type of platform used by the entire industry.

Furthermore, the model helps software companies to identify errors and important security issues while software is being developed. Johnson emphasized that the model is not going to replace the traditional practice of QA testing and security audits because these are still needed in terms of a comprehensive coding and software development. She added that the role of the maturity project is to help get rid of defects in the end that QA testers waste time trying to address.

Great benefits await software companies with this model as it helps hasten the process of code development. Its major role is in the phase of development just before it reaches QA testers. When errors are detected early, solutions can come in the way leaving no time wasted. This is where the benefits of the model enter. With the role of Coverity's model, QA testers can have more time focusing on issues like validating the functionality of the code, its scalability and ability for load testing. This will eventually give way for the different roles of the development team as it addresses the issues just before the code reaches the testers.

"You'll have more reliability in what you're actually pushing out into operations. You're going to have less of a troubleshooting escalation loop back to development once you're in the field," Johnson stated. The model addresses issues in the development helping others eliminate more defects so they more time tending to their specific area of function. She also added that with the model, developers and software companies can get their product to the market in a fast pace. They will also have better quality in terms of the software's functions and applicability to end-users.

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