C/C++ Solutions Overview
Effectively combines tools, services, and expertise
into a practical solution for implementing Automated
Error Prevention throughout your entire C/C++ development
cycle.
We Make Software Work
Parasoft抯 C/C++ Solution seamlessly incorporates
error prevention tools, methodologies, and services
into the C and C++ development process, ensuring
that the software you produce works.
When software programs in our communications systems,
appliances, and vehicles have errors, those systems
may stop working altogether. Errors don抰 just mean
an inconvenience; they mean that the tools and systems
we use on a daily basis don抰 function. When this
leads to loss of revenue, productivity, or market
share, inability to respond to customers, or even
negative publicity, then errors in software applications
are no longer an issue of quality control but of
functionality and business assurance. Companies
must implement proactive error prevention strategies
throughout the entire development lifecycle to ensure
application reliability and functionality.
The Parasoft C/C++ Solution
Parasoft抯 C/C++ Solution fits into any development
process with a minimum of disruption. It improves
how organizations build software by placing a transparent
layer on top of key development processes, allowing
error prevention and monitoring techniques to be
integrated into the full production lifecycle of
any software development project. Every role and
task in the C/C++ software development lifecycle
is identified and brought under an automated error
prevention process that uses source control and
nightly build systems in conjunction with proven
error prevention techniques ?coding standards, unit
testing, and regression testing ?to prevent development
and testing errors.
Parasoft enhances these proven techniques by implementing
a fully automated solution organized around the
main roles in C/C++ software development. Each of
these roles ?Developers, Architects, and Project
Managers ?is equipped with the tools and procedures
that enable active participation in the prevention
of errors throughout the entire software development
lifecycle.
C/C++ Developers ?Each Developer is equipped
with the tools needed to automate error prevention
practices. Parasoft tools improve Developer productivity
and work as filters to your source control system
so that corrupt or incomplete code cannot get from
the Developer into the source code repository.
C/C++ Architects ?Each Architect is equipped
with the tools needed to control which coding standards,
unit tests, and regression tests are used during
development, nightly builds, and unit testing. The
Architect can customize these techniques to meet
the needs of a particular Developer, Development
Team, or Project.
Reports from nightly builds provide Architects
vital information that allows them to continually
monitor all phases of the development process, from
initial software coding to full application deployment.
Using these reports, Architects can ensure that
sufficient unit and regression tests are created
and utilized, and that nightly builds are correctly
integrated into the testing process to consistently
ensure the structural and functional integrity of
the application.
C/C++ Product Managers ?Each Project Manager
receives nightly reports that provide a detailed
picture of the overall health of the development
lifecycle. Through these reports, Project Managers
can verify that each Developer and Architect is
adhering to the error prevention process and that
nightly builds are using only valid, checked-in
code. At a single glance, management has all necessary
information to make important decisions concerning
application deliverables, key production dates,
and development milestones.
The solution leverages interaction and communication
between roles in the development lifecycle is so
that work is not duplicated or lost but fully utilized.
This effectively and dramatically reduces the amount
of time and effort spent in producing, testing,
and deploying C/C++ applications.
Parasoft's Automated Error Prevention Methodology
For the C/C++ software development lifecycle, Parasoft抯
C/C++ Solution is a logical and practical application
of W. Edwards Deming抯 Principles of Total Quality
Management (TQM). Parasoft finds errors in your
development process, correlates each error to the
production process that is responsible for introducing
the error, implements practices to prevent the error
from reoccurring, introduces practices and metrics
for measuring error rates during all stages of development,
and monitors all quality improvements.
Parasoft C/C++ Solution is implemented in five
easy steps:
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Evaluation ?Parasoft抯 Professional Services
team evaluates your development procedures and
processes, gaining an intimate understanding
of your overall manufacturing methods and identifying
their weaknesses.
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Customization ?Parasoft customizes the
solution to fit your development process. The
goal is to improve your existing development
process ?Parasoft solutions do not revolutionize
your processes but rather help your already
established software development cycle evolve.
Put simply ?Parasoft improves the way you make
software.
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Automation ?Parasoft automates needed
error prevention procedures and builds them
into your development process, source control
systems, and nightly build processes. For companies
without established source control systems or
nightly build processes, such systems and processes
can be built and implemented ? using open source
applications ?as part of the complete automation
process.
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Training ?Parasoft trains and mentors
all members of your organization to ensure that
they understand the value of the automated error
prevention process so that they can use the
tools and techniques effectively and independently.
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Reports ?Parasoft creates the reports
you need to help you maintain and use your solution
by customizing standard report templates to
your specifications, delivering them as the
final stage in the implementation.
The Time Has Come for Error Prevention
Historically, companies have not found it economically
feasible to implement error prevention strategies
throughout their enterprise. With Parasoft抯 C/C++
Solution, businesses finally have an easy, cost-effective
method for automatically implementing a complete
automated error prevention package for their C/C++
software lifecycle, from development through deployment.
increases.
Parasoft抯 C/C++ Solution gives you the ability
to identify and prevent errors before they affect
your business, reducing the risk of business system
failures. Parasoft Solutions automate error prevention
practices for organizations looking to improve development
processes and application quality while simultaneously
preventing business failures and customer dissatisfaction.
Functional application areas for the Parasoft Solution
include:
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Commercial software development ? Improve
the quality of commercial software products
your organization delivers to end-users.
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Creation or enhancement of internal business
systems ?Provide a comprehensive tool set
your IT organization can use to create robust,
reliable information systems for accounting,
sales, human resources, and other vital departments.
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Systems integration ?Incorporate tested
technologies into systems integration processes,
whether merging existing business systems or
third-party applications.
Whether your software system is a customer interface
or will serve as the backbone for your business
operations, choose Parasoft抯 C/C++ Solution for
Automated Error Prevention ?We make software
work.
Features
- Complete automation of project management.
- Automatic coding standards implementation.
- Automatic unit and regression testing for C/C++
development from classes to full applications,
including DCOM, COM, CORBA, and Database objects.
- Custom profiles for Developers, Architects,
and Project Managers.
- Services and tools to integrate solution with
source control and automated build systems.
Benefits
- Commercial software development ?Improve the
quality of commercial software products your organization
delivers to end-users.
- Creation or enhancement of internal business
systems ?Provide a comprehensive tool set your
IT organization can use to create robust, reliable
information systems for accounting, sales, human
resources, and other vital departments.
- Reduces development costs by making software
teams 100% more productive. As errors decrease,
productivity increases.
- Easy to implement into any development process.
- Supportive of practices required to achieve
and maintain ISO and CMM certificates.
- Prevents delays and budget overruns.
- Reduces support calls and issues.
- Helps your software development process evolve,
thrive, and produce software that works.
Parasoft C/C++ Solution Package
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| Parasoft C/C++ Solution provides businesses
with the capability to seamlessly incorporate
automated error prevention strategies into existing
C/C++ development cycles. Our solution offers
a combination of intelligence, tools, techniques
and services to deliver a turnkey solution.
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| Tools included in the Parasoft C/C++ Solution
package are:
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| Please note: C++test is a superset
of the functionality of Code Wizard. It is the
replacement product for Code Wizard. If you
are a Code Wizard user and would like to migrate
to C++test please contact your Parasoft sales
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