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Re: Coding goals / requirements.

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:13:19 +0100

On 17.01.2011 23:07, Gavin Beau Baumanis wrote:
> Hi Brane,
> I certainly do take maintainability seriously.
> What's that well-quoted figure?
> Something like 80% of the cost of software development is spent in the development phase?

I believe it's "should be spent" rather than "is spent" ... in reality,
I've yet to see a project that didn't incur horrendous maintenance costs
as a result of shortcuts taken during development.

-- Brane
Received on 2011-01-17 23:14:01 CET

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