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Be confident about continuity
The Escrow Company’s Code Quality Audit provides an independent assessment of the quality and maintainability of deposited Source Code, helping organisations gain confidence that software can be further maintained by a third party if the original developer is no longer able or willing.
Our specialists review the deposited Source Code to confirm that it contains the key software components required, follows recognised development practices, and is structured in a way that makes ongoing maintenance and enhancement achievable.
When included as part of escrow services in addition to a regular code build or deployment verification, this additional process ensures code can be easily maintained for long term usage following a potential supplier default and escrow release. Gaining insights into a 3rd party product when otherwise completely in the dark as just a licences customer. Particularly useful where there is custom development work. So whether you’re protecting business-critical applications, supporting operational resilience, or satisfying software escrow obligations, our Code Quality Audit provides valuable assurance that your deposited Source Code is genuinely fit for purpose.
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Why Code Quality Matters
Many organisations assume that having access to Source Code alone is enough to protect them against supplier failure.
In reality, poorly structured, undocumented or difficult-to-follow code can make continued development extremely challenging, increasing costs and long-term operational risk.
A Code Quality Audit helps identify whether the deposited Source Code has been developed using practices that would enable an independent software developer to understand, maintain and continue developing the application if required.
Key benefits of a Code Quality Audit
Greater Confidence in Your Escrow Protection
Gain assurance that deposited Source Code provides genuine business continuity value rather than simply satisfying a contractual obligation.
Reduce Recovery Risk
Well-structured, maintainable Source Code enables independent developers to understand the application more quickly, reducing the time required to resume development.
Independent Technical Assurance
Receive an objective assessment from experienced software specialists without requiring internal development resources.
Improve Software Maintainability
Identify opportunities to improve coding standards, documentation and maintainability before they become business continuity issues.
Support Operational Resilience
Demonstrate that software deposits have been independently assessed for their ability to support continued maintenance following supplier failure or other disruption.
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What's Included?
Our Code Quality Audit reviews a range of maintainability indicators, including:
- Confirmation that deposited Source Code exists for the principal software components.
- Assessment of Source Code structure and organisation.
- Review of variable, function and method naming conventions.
- Assessment of readability and code clarity.
- Review of comments and documentation within the Source Code.
- Identification of obvious maintainability concerns or inconsistencies.
- Assessment of whether an independent third-party developer could reasonably continue maintaining and enhancing the software.
Following completion, The Escrow Company produces a detailed report outlining the findings, observations and recommendations. The report is provided to both the Depositor and Beneficiary where appropriate.
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Works Best Alongside The Escrow Company’s Verification Services
A Code Quality Audit assesses how maintainable the Source Code is, but it does not verify that the deposited materials can successfully recreate the application.
For the highest level of assurance, many organisations combine this service with our Comprehensive Build Verification, or Cloud Deployment Verification which validates that the deposited Source Code, build instructions, dependencies and supporting materials can successfully recreate the software in a test environment.
Together, these services provide confidence that the software can both be rebuilt and maintained by an independent third party if continuity is ever required.
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- Support organisations whenever greater assurance is required around the quality of application source code
- Provides confidence that code can be further maintained by a third party if the original developer is no longer able or willing.
- Global service with offices in London (HQ) UK, Atlanta, USA, and Sydney, Australia.