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White Paper: Killing bugs before they kill your software organization

Increasing competitive viability

While a static source code analysis tool will not eliminate the need for code reviews, compilers, debuggers, testing, or dynamic analysis, it can greatly reduce the overhead on these more expensive resources by catching problems early and allowing programmers to correct problems at the source while they are most familiar with their code.

Identifying problems at the source level with a static source code analysis tool shortens the development cycle, prevents project delays that result from post-compile testing, and reduces costs by eliminating problems with cheaper resources earlier in the development process. In the long haul, by helping to eliminate problems at the source, static source code analysis increases the competitive viability of the software development organization by inversing the adage previously introduced:

"The sooner a software bug is eradicated, the greater and faster the potential return on investment for a software project."

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