Code Complete

IfSQ

Research into the Maintenance of Software

Papers, Presentations and Books

Book: Cover of Code Complete

Code Complete

Steve McConnell
Published 2004 by Microsoft Press

Findings relevant to IfSQ Standards:

Microsoft's applications division has found that it takes 3 hours to find and fix a defect using code inspection compared to 12 hours by using testing
Correcting defects earlier rather than later in a project can cut overall development costs by factors of two or more