Patent ID: 7093235
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method executable at least in part by a computer-based system for evaluating the quality of a code development process relative to a present version of computer code, the method comprising: determining a defect count by comparing a present version of computer code having code lines to a prior version of the computer code having code lines to determine a difference between the code lines in the present version of the computer code and the code lines in the prior version of the computer code; determining an opportunity for defect count based at least on the number of code lines in the prior version of the computer code, the opportunity for defect count being determined at least in part by a sum of the number of lines added or deleted in the prior version of the computer code, the number of lines added or deleted in the present version of the computer code, twice the number of lines changed in the prior version of the computer code, and twice the number of lines changed in the present version of the computer code; and deriving a quality measure relative to the development of the current version of the computer code by forming a quotient of the defect count and the opportunity for defect count.