The Price of Poor Practices

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  • 70% to 85% of all project rework costs are due to errors in requirements, says a 1997 article in American Programmer.
  • 30% to 50% of the total effort expended on a software project comes from rework, according to an estimate by Borland Software.
  • Almost 50% of defects in software projects can be traced to errors in requirements, Borland says.
  • 71% of failed software projects suffer from poor requirements management, according to a paper presented at the 1999 Applications of Software Measurement Conference.

(pulled from www.baselinemag.com)

Christian Buckley

Christian is a Microsoft Regional Director and M365 Apps & Services MVP, and an award-winning product marketer and technology evangelist, based in Silicon Slopes (Lehi), Utah. He sits on the board of TekkiGurus, is an advisor for both revealit.TV and WellnessWits, and provides channel and marketing services for Microsoft partners. He hosts the quarterly #CollabTalk TweetJam, the weekly #CollabTalk Podcast, and the Microsoft 365 Ask-Me-Anything (#M365AMA) series.