<s>
Code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
measurement	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
software	O
delivery	O
lifecycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
applying	O
code	O
correctness	O
processes	O
(	O
software	O
quality	O
)	O
along	O
with	O
metrics	O
that	O
measure	O
the	O
completeness	O
of	O
these	O
correctness-checking	O
processes	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
code	O
coverage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
is	O
usually	O
achieved	O
by	O
unit	O
testing	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
reach	O
high	O
code	O
coverage	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
definitely	O
not	O
the	O
only	O
way	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
best	O
way	O
,	O
to	O
achieve	O
code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
code	O
coverage	O
,	O
a	O
popular	O
metric	O
to	O
measure	O
the	O
thoroughness	O
of	O
unit	O
tests	O
,	O
is	O
known	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
limited	O
correlation	O
with	O
the	O
measure	O
of	O
real	O
code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
is	O
not	O
just	O
about	O
the	O
correctness	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
about	O
developers’	O
confidence	O
regarding	O
correctness	O
of	O
their	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
developer	O
can	O
be	O
sure	O
that	O
his/her	O
code	O
is	O
written	O
correctly	O
when	O
passed	O
on	O
to	O
QA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
helps	O
developers	O
and	O
companies	O
release	O
better	O
products	O
,	O
with	O
fewer	O
bugs	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
shorter	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
who	O
practice	O
code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
avoid	O
the	O
classic	O
scenario	O
where	O
the	O
development	O
stage	O
is	O
delayed	O
,	O
delaying	O
the	O
QA	O
stage	O
,	O
delaying	O
the	O
release	O
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Products	O
of	O
companies	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
adopt	O
code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
are	O
released	O
with	O
more	O
bugs	O
(	O
due	O
to	O
time	O
pressure	O
)	O
,	O
users	O
report	O
tons	O
of	O
bugs	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
start	O
working	O
on	O
version	O
1.1	O
shortly	O
after	O
releasing	O
version	O
1.0	O
,	O
just	O
to	O
fix	O
bugs	O
that	O
could	O
have	O
been	O
avoided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shift-left	O
testing	O
and	O
code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
are	O
tightly	O
connected	O
but	O
integrity	O
consists	O
not	O
only	O
of	O
the	O
testing	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
job	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
sub-task	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
process	O
of	O
shift-left	O
code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pure	O
code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
metric	O
formulation	O
is	O
:	O
1	O
−	O
(	O
Non-covered	O
bugs	O
)	O
/	O
(	O
Total	O
bugs	O
)	O
,	O
In	O
words	O
:	O
the	O
perfect	O
code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
minus	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
bugs	O
that	O
were	O
n’t	O
covered	O
by	O
unit	O
testing	O
,	O
divided	O
by	O
the	O
total	O
bugs	O
found	O
during	O
the	O
entire	O
product	O
cycle	O
including	O
development	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
code	O
not	O
in	O
integrity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Confidence	O
in	O
your	O
code	O
's	O
quality	O
–	O
Releasing	O
products	O
with	O
high	O
code	B-General_Concept
integrity	I-General_Concept
means	O
more	O
positive	O
feedback	O
from	O
your	O
customers	O
.	O
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