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NDepend Case Study: Increasing Development Efficiency in the Medical Laboratory Sector

Developing applications for use in the health care industry is stressful because the margin of error is almost non-existent. Whether your tool is for treatment, research, or analysis, it needs to be dependable and accurate. The more complex the application is, the higher the chance for errors and delays in development. Dependable companies abide by rigorous methodologies to develop their code before deploying it to clients. In this NDepend case study, we learn why a company in this sector chose NDepend, and why it became an integral part of their development process.

Stago works in the medical lab industry, producing lab analysis tools that focus on haemostasis and coagulation. Working hard for over 60 years and valuing long term investments, they have created a name for themselves in the industry. A few years ago, they wanted to make their software development process more efficient. In addition, they wanted to easily enforce their own best practices and code quality standards across their teams. The goal was to be able to catch issues earlier in the development cycle to cut costs and time spent on quality assurance post-development.

“We selected NDepend after reviewing all the other options on the market and it quickly became the backbone of our development effort.”
– Fabien Prestavoine, Software Architect at Stago

We are very grateful for Stago for sharing their success story with us. Stories such as these is one of the main driving forces behind creating one of the most comprehensive and powerful .NET analysis tool on the market. Since implementing NDepend, Stago has:

  • Easily met all delivery deadlines
  • Cut both cost and time spent on quality assurance
  • Delivered a consistently dependable product
  • Improved communication between their developers and architects

To read more about how NDepend helped Stago streamline their development process, click here to download a PDF of the complete case study.

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My dad being an early programmer in the 70's, I have been fortunate to switch from playing with Lego, to program my own micro-games, when I was still a kid. Since then I never stop programming.

I graduated in Mathematics and Software engineering. After a decade of C++ programming and consultancy, I got interested in the brand new .NET platform in 2002. I had the chance to write the best-seller book (in French) on .NET and C#, published by O'Reilly and also did manage some academic and professional courses on the platform and C#.

Over my consulting years I built an expertise about the architecture, the evolution and the maintenance challenges of large & complex real-world applications. It seemed like the spaghetti & entangled monolithic legacy concerned every sufficiently large team. As a consequence, I got interested in static code analysis and started the project NDepend in 2004.

Nowadays NDepend is a full-fledged Independent Software Vendor (ISV). With more than 12.000 client companies, including many of the Fortune 500 ones, NDepend offers deeper insight and full control on their application to a wide range of professional users around the world.

I live with my wife and our twin kids Léna and Paul in the beautiful island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.