Lifecycle features, because they permit us to show non-technical people the risk and costs hidden into the code due to bad programming practices.
It is the most effective tool for IT procurement managers and directors. Technical debt metrics and action plans oriented to rejected deliveries.
Kiuwan was used internally at Optimyth. We had no surprises derivated from security, performance, or maintainability issues.
DIfferent languages, such Spanish, Portuguese, and so on.
I've used this solution for three years.
In other companies I have worked for, we moved to Kiuwan/Optimyth because of the accuracy and easiness of use and setup.
Also, most of my partners and customers have moved to Kiuwan due to the metrics and programming languages supported.
Not complex. I am a salesperson without tech training and I was able to use it
Nothing special. It's a very fair model.
CAST, Sonar, and Clarify.
If they need a tool to be used across your organization (technicians, managers, and directors), this is the tool.
Have highly qualified staff or consultancy provider (code quality and governance) to define the risk model to be used and measured with Kiuwan, this increases the ROI.