Cost Quote by Barry Boehm

Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor. Particularly on large projects, each of the following mismanagement actions has often…

— Barry Boehm

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

The computer actually may have aggravated management's degenerative tendency to focus inward on costs.

— Peter Drucker

Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster.

— Niklaus Wirth

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

“If (as is generally accepted) over 75% of a typical software project’s life-cycle costs will be in maintenance and debugging and extensions, then the…

— Eric S. Raymond

Technological innovation has dramatically lowered the cost of computing, making it possible for large numbers of consumers to own powerful new technologies at reasonably…

— James Surowiecki

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

“Since most software industries have relatively low barriers to entry—especially today, when startup costs are lower than ever—it’s practically guaranteed that a competitor will…

— Alex Moazed

“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

Just as there's some technologies that jeopardize revenue for traditional products, there are also technologies that can significantly lower costs.

— Norman Pearlstine

Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.

— Niklaus Wirth