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 is a startup advisor and investor, and an independent consultant providing fractional marketing and channel development services for Microsoft partners. He hosts the weekly #CollabTalk Podcast, weekly #ProjectFailureFiles series, monthly Guardians of M365 Governance (#GoM365gov) series, and the Microsoft 365 Ask-Me-Anything (#M365AMA) series.