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Activity:

Select Static Analysis Rules and Guidelines (CMMI Level 3 : VER 2.3 )

Participating Roles

Responsible:

Architect

Build Engineer

Accountable:

Architect

Consult:

Developer

Informed:

Development Manager

Developer

Test Manager

Tester

Overview

Entry Criteria

    When:

    • Prior to coding, once per project.

    Dependencies:

    • Product Vision Statement Complete: The product vision statement is complete.
    • Quality of Service Requirements Complete: The quality of service requirements are complete.
    • Organization Coding Guidelines Established: The organization has established coding guidelines for languages used in production.
    • Peer Review Data Available: Peer review data is available.

    Sub-Activities

    1

    Analyze Inputs
    • Analyze the product vision statement and quality of service requirements for quality policy or requirements that pertain to code quality.

    2

    Select Static Analysis Rules
    • Select static analysis rules to establish the appropriate level of code quality for the project. Update the tool to reflect the selections.

    3

    Select Static Analysis Guidelines
    • Select static analysis guidelines to dictate what the tool will do when a rule is broken. For example, if a rule is broken guidelines could be set up to automatically fix the problem, prompt the user if the tool should fix the problem, add the instance to a problem report, etc. Update the tool to reflect the selections.

    4

    Review Static Analysis Rules and Guidelines
    • Review, revise, and approve the static analysis rules and guidelines.

    Exit Criteria

    The static analysis rules are selected.

    The static analysis guidelines are selected.

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