ISM'S New Predictive Lite Identifies Error-Prone Code in Software Projects.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- Integrated Software Metrics, Inc. (ISM) has just released its first in a series of software error prediction tools, Predictive (TM) Lite. This tool helps organizations predict errors in software code during the development cycle. Organizations can then focus their resources on

fixing code sooner and at lower cost. Predictive (TM) Lite was designed for those who develop and manage software, including project managers, individual developers, and software quality assurance professionals. Predictive (TM) Lite is now available for evaluation and purchase at ISM's website, www.ismwv.com.

The Predictive (TM) tool suite was developed to overcome one of today's serious challenges with software: poor quality. According to Robert M. Chapman, ISM's CEO, "Software is omnipresent in our lives today, and is a critical component of everything from computers to cell phones to automobiles to medical equipment. Bad software increases risk for everyone involved - the companies who sell it, the organizations that buy it and the people that use it. It's in everyone's best interest to improve software." Software errors often aren't found until the late stages of the software development cycle, when it's very costly to go back and fix them. But the tradeoff is to risk the ill will of the customer when bad software is delivered, or to even create life-critical situations. Therefore, organizations must have a way to find errors sooner in the cycle, and that's what the Predictive (TM) tool suite is designed to do.

Predictive (TM) Lite was created and tested on large software projects, on several hundred thousand lines of code. Predictive (TM) Lite analyzes source code and applies metrics to predict where and when errors will occur, automatically setting thresholds for code analysis. Users can analyze metrics and set thresholds across one or more software projects at the same time. At a price of $495, Predictive (TM) Lite is a powerful yet affordable tool that can be used for any size of software project.

About ISM

INTEGRATED SOFTWARE METRICS, INC. is a software company committed to innovation in predictive software development and management tools. ISM's technology was developed in collaboration with customers on several complex software development projects. ISM is privately held and is headquartered in Fairmont, West Virginia.