Embedded design company Derell Sarl (Le Bourget-du-Lac, France), has selected PRQA's static analysis tools to form part of its internal process improvement project.

The first product developed using the process is an embedded calculator for battery monitoring and sharp charging estimation.

Derell's embedded calculator project, designed to be IEC 61508-compliant, was managed and developed according to the process improvement approach CMMi (Capability Maturity Model + Integration). This is an industry-standard approach recognized by the Software Engineering Institute, which guides organizations towards improving their development of products and services.

Derell first compared the available solutions on the market according to the following criteria: facility of implementation and training; report quality; flexibility of the detailed analysis; ability to be used for every project (not only critical ones); and overall cost.

"We wanted to be able to measure precisely the quality of embedded code developed by our teams, in order to guarantee and prove the quality to our clients by virtue of the reports generated, either in accordance with our own standards or the metrics of our clients, said Eric Bouxirot, Chief Technical Officer and Manager of Derell. "We also wanted our development managers to be able to explain to our engineers and technicians how to create good software."

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