Action Quote by Barry Boehm

Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor.

— Barry Boehm

It's harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the…

— Alan Cooper

High-quality software is not expensive. High-quality software is faster and cheaper to build and maintain than low-quality software, from initial development all the way…

— Capers Jones

“Even at a cost of $100,000, a purchased piece of software is costing only about as much as one programmer-year. And delivery is immediate!…

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

“However, most defects end up costing more than it would have cost to prevent them. Defects are expensive when they occur, both the direct…

— Kent Beck

“Indeed, it seems the prescription for highest software productivity is almost a Zen paradox; if you want the most efficient production, you must give…

— Eric S. Raymond

A typical software project can present more opportunities to learn from mistakes than some people get in a lifetime.

— Steve McConnell

There are thousands of ways to mess up or damage a software projects, and only a few ways to do them well

— Capers Jones

I got to get the right people in the right job. Because a lot of costs can be taken out in the context of…

— Meg Whitman

Because software is all about scale. The larger you are, the more profitable you are. If we sell twice as much as software, it…

— Larry Ellison

Managers today have to do more with less, and get better results from limited resources, more than ever before.

— Brian Tracy

Software, by being comprehensive, can save costs by avoiding add-on pieces of software. We can save money in terms of speed of development or…

— Bill Gates