# How DEPT® uses Sonar

**60%**: “issues are identified 60% faster”

As published on [sonarsource.com](https://www.sonarsource.com/customer-stories/dept/), December 2025. Captured by usedby on 2026-10-07.

- Company: [DEPT®](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/dept.md)
- Tool: [Sonar](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/sonar.md)
- Industry: [Agency & Studio](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/agency-studio.md)
- Teams: Engineering

## What the story says

DEPT® moved from decentralized SonarQube instances to a single centralized SonarQube Cloud environment used as a verification layer across all teams and projects. Every developer gets consistent feedback in their workflow, and both developer-written and AI-generated code is scanned against one standard set of processes.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Sonar and DEPT®, not ours.

> DEPT® implemented a centralized SonarQube Cloud environment, establishing a universal verification layer across all teams and projects. This approach instantly ensured that every developer received immediate, consistent, and actionable feedback directly within their workflow, drastically improving efficiency.

- **30%**: “troubleshoot time is decreased by at least 30%”

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-07.

- Checked: the figure 60% is printed word for word on the page, near the name of DEPT®.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of DEPT®.
- Checked: the publication date is read from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
- Checked: DEPT® uses Sonar. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-07.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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