METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING A SOFTWARE SOURCE CODE QUALITY

摘要

The invention relates to a method and device (1) for automatically evaluating a software source code (10) quality, wherein evaluation rules and/or metrics for evaluating the software source code (1) are pre-set (2). The source code (1) is inspected (3) with the aid of a set of evaluation rules and/or metrics, wherein said set contains at least one part of pre-set evaluation rules and/or metrics. In addition, the set of evaluation rules and/or metrics used for inspecting the source code (1) is adapted (6) according to the evaluation (4, 5) of an performed inspection of the source code (1) with respect to at least one predefined criterion for forming (8) an adapted set of evaluation rules and/or metrics different from the first set. In addition, the source code (1) is inspected (3) by means of the adapted set of evaluation rules and/or metrics. Said invention makes it possible to evaluate advantageously and automatically a large number of source codes with respect to the quality and the improvement thereof and to adapt the set of evaluation rules and/or metrics and, thereby the quality inspection to specific requirements, for example, related to projects. The invention makes it possible to carry out a modern control of the internal software quality taking into consideration a business model and requirements related to the internal software quality or the quality of use. Modifications and extensions necessary for a software development process can be taken into consideration in a particularly flexible manner.