<s>
SQALE	B-Application
(	O
Software	B-Application
Quality	I-Application
Assessment	I-Application
based	I-Application
on	I-Application
Lifecycle	I-Application
Expectations	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
method	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
evaluation	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
application	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
editors	O
can	O
freely	O
use	O
and	O
implement	O
the	O
SQALE	B-Application
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
method	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
inspearit	O
France	O
(	O
formerly	O
DNV	O
ITGS	O
France	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
method	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
to	O
answer	O
a	O
general	O
need	O
for	O
assessing	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
method	O
assesses	O
the	O
distance	O
to	O
the	O
conformity	O
with	O
the	O
requirements	O
by	O
considering	O
the	O
necessary	O
remediation	O
cost	O
for	O
bringing	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
conformity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
method	O
respects	O
the	O
representation	O
condition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
method	O
uses	O
addition	O
for	O
aggregating	O
the	O
remediation	O
costs	O
and	O
for	O
calculating	O
its	O
quality	O
indicators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
method	O
's	O
quality	O
model	O
is	O
orthogonal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
method	O
's	O
quality	O
model	O
takes	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
lifecycle	O
into	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
Quality	O
Model	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
formulating	O
and	O
organising	O
the	O
non-functional	O
requirements	O
that	O
relate	O
to	O
the	O
code	O
's	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
analysis	O
model	O
contains	O
on	O
the	O
one	O
hand	O
the	O
rules	O
that	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
normalising	O
the	O
measures	O
and	O
the	O
controls	O
relating	O
to	O
the	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
the	O
rules	O
for	O
aggregating	O
the	O
normalised	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
method	O
normalises	O
the	O
reports	O
resulting	O
from	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
analysis	O
tools	O
by	O
transforming	O
them	O
into	O
remediation	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
Method	O
defines	O
rules	O
for	O
aggregating	O
the	O
remediation	O
costs	O
,	O
either	O
in	O
the	O
Quality	O
Model	O
's	O
tree	O
structure	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
the	O
hierarchy	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
's	O
artefacts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
SQALE	B-Application
indices	O
represent	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
indices	O
of	O
SQALE	B-Application
characteristics	O
are	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
method	O
also	O
defines	O
index	O
densities	O
which	O
allow	O
comparing	O
the	O
products	O
quality	O
of	O
different	O
size	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
SQID	O
:	O
SQALE	B-Application
Quality	O
Density	O
Index	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
method	O
defines	O
three	O
synthesised	O
indicators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQALE	B-Application
method	O
is	O
particularly	O
devoted	O
to	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
design	O
debt	O
(	O
or	O
technical	O
debt	O
)	O
of	O
Agile	O
Software	O
Development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
requirements	O
relating	O
to	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
(	O
the	O
SQALE	B-Application
Quality	O
Model	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
method	O
allows	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
minimum	O
threshold	O
to	O
reach	O
with	O
unit	O
testing	O
.	O
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