Posted on Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Focus on the Quality of Software Projects
Computer Weekly
Downtime arising from poorly tested software is expensive. In one example from the study, IDC estimates the average cost of fixing a defect in a production system at £1,093, assuming it takes 30 man-hours to find and repair the bug.
Assuming a 40-hour work week, IDC estimates the annual cost of debugging ranges from £2.8m for a business with 100 developers to £12m, in a company with over 400 developers.
