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Debugging represents half of development costs
Research Finding:
Debugging and associated rework takes about 50% of the time spent in a typical software development cycle.
Sources:
Improving Software Productivity
- Barry W. Boehm
- Recorded 1987 in IEEE Computer, 20, no. 9, September
- Pages 43-57
Swords and Plowshares: The Rework Cycle of Defense and Commercial Software Development
- Kenneth G. Cooper, and Thomas W. Mullen
- Recorded 1993 in American Programmer, 6, no. 5, May
- Pages 41-51
Software Process Improvement at Raytheon
- Thomas J. Haley
- Recorded 1996 in IEEE Software, 13, no. 6, November
- Pages 23-31
Software Inspection: An Industry Best Practice
- David Wheeler, Bill Brykczynski, and Reginald Meeson
- Published 1996 by IEEE Computer Society Press
