Matthew Hayward, Director of Professional Services, Coverity
Coverity, Inc

If your company is exploring static analysis technology to automate the detection of quality defects and security vulnerabilities, the existing standards that developers in your organization follow to evaluate their code are about to gain a new level of objectivity. Further, if your development processes to date have not incorporated input from an automated tool, the development and QA processes your organization are about to improve as well. Whether your organization utilizes an agile or waterfall development methodology, the addition of static analysis will bring about a change in the way your development team thinks about their code. This is because an accurate static analysis tool is a source of information that demands the attention of developers, QA testers, and managers alike. With objective and actionable information regarding source code quality and security, developers need decide in advance how they will manage an array of newly identified defects in their code.