DO-178B and McCabe IQ

This document briefly describes DO-178B and how McCabe Software's McCabe IQ can be used to support the guidelines. It describes the focus of DO-178B, the Tool Qualification process in both general cases and as it relates to McCabe IQ, and the Certification Process.

This document also provides a summary of McCabe IQ functionality, including specific notes about how McCabe IQ can be used to support the guidelines. Several appendices compile relevant notes to provide more information to those who are interested in this process.

This document can assist readers with becoming more familiar with DO178B, and what may be involved in qualifying McCabe IQ for airborne systems projects.

Baseline Code Analysis Using McCabe IQ

This document has been written to provide the answer to three basic questions:

• What is baseline code analysis and why is it important?
• What are the challenges of baseline code analysis?
• How can baseline code analysis with McCabe IQ be used to add value to Development and QA processes?

Improved Testing Using McCabe IQ Coverage Analysis

This document has been written to provide the answer to three basic questions:

• To introduce coverage analysis as an increasingly important direction in the
  management of software testing
• To describe how the unique coverage analysis techniques available in
  McCabe IQ can add value to your test processes. Specifically, this paper covers test assessment and improvement using McCabe IQ coverage analysis in the areas of functional testing, incremental testing, and unit level testing.

McCabe Recommended Approach to Code Reviews

This paper was written to provide the answer to three basic questions:

• What is the function of code reviews in increasing productivity and code quality?
• What is the McCabe approach to code reviews?
• How can McCabe IQ be used to set up an automated code review process?

McCabe Recommended Approach to Software Change Analysis

The purpose of this paper is to:

• Introduce software change analysis, its benefits and challenges
• Describe some current approaches to software change analysis
• Outline the McCabe recommended approach to software change analysis
• Describe available source code metrics and how they can be used for change impact assessment and change coverage analysis

Metrics & Thresholds in McCabe IQ

A list of all metrics collected in McCabe IQ, including a description and the standard threshold values used.