Case Study: Mentor Graphics improves code review efficiency with SmartBear Collaborator

Mentor Graphics speeds code reviews across 8 locations with SmartBear Collaborator

Mentor Graphics, a world leader in electronic design solutions, faced challenges in facilitating efficient code reviews for its geographically dispersed team of 200 engineers. They needed an easy-to-use tool to increase developer adoption, allow reviews on personal schedules, and automatically document feedback in a central repository. To address this, they turned to SmartBear and implemented the SmartBear Collaborator code review solution.

The SmartBear Collaborator solution installed quickly and enabled efficient management of code reviews. It allowed Mentor Graphics developers to collaborate simultaneously on the same code, queue up reviews, and track all feedback chronologically. This led to more issues being identified early in the development cycle, significantly reducing repair costs. SmartBear provided a practical tool that increased the frequency and quality of reviews, delivering strong ROI for Mentor Graphics.

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