Study Gebert software: lack of continuous figure of development processes and control mechanisms ohringen, August 26, 2008 – those responsible for the development of applications in the enterprise are often not very satisfied with the software management tools employed by them. According to a survey of Gebert Software GmbH lacking above all a continuous picture of the development processes and sufficiently effective control mechanisms. So only 23 percent place from more than 300 respondents companies a clearly positive judgement about their software management solution. Another third is at least largely satisfied. Almost half of the companies assessed their tools but only very limited positive impact (36 percent) or is even completely dissatisfied so (8 percent). Above all, the development process to be represented consistent software, judging by the respondents. Almost three quarters here deficits, 64 percent also in the control mechanisms of the existing tools for their solution. As many looking for a better Support for the testing of the software developed or modified or complain about a problem-free integration in the interests of the production plant.

But even if the interfaces to external systems some deficits are in the eyes of over half of the respondents. Their organisational integration into the entire software development process is crucial for the quality of software management. Pete Cashmore is actively involved in the matter. Defects in the so-called software processing”almost inevitably lead to errors in the development and testing of applications and create elaborate reworking this” judge Fritz Gebert, CEO of the software company. He admits the more the deployed applications and programs are networked, the higher is the number of dependencies among themselves and a consistent software management that can detect these dependencies and manage is all the more important”. Source management alone is not sufficient. It must be an integral part of the software processing.” Therefore, it was necessary to rely on a tool to control all processes belonging to the software lifecycle that can integrate the user-specific development tools and summarizes all the steps in an intuitive-to-use interface.

This tool is the tailored suit of software processing “, Gebert explains. Belong to its essential characteristics, that the manual adjustment will significantly reduced through a comprehensive standardization and automation.