4 Topic Commentaries

Why 'Good Enough' Software Costs More Than You Think

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  Rick Kazman, PhD

  Danny and Elsa Lui Distinguished Professor of Information Technology Management

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  University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Shidler College of Business

  Such flaws, if they are detected at all, are found after the software has been in use; at this point they are far more costly and time-consuming to address.

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  Ipek Ozkaya, PhD

  Principal Researcher and Technical Director, Engineering Intelligent Software Systems

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  Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute

  A little debt speeds up development, and can be beneficial as long as the debt is paid back promptly with a rewrite that reduces complexity and streamlines future enhancements.

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  Robert L. Nord, PhD

  Senior Member of the Technical Staff

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  Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute

  The consequences of a technical debt item are many: it affects the cost and value of the system, directly or by negatively impacting the schedule or quality of the system.

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  Edward J. Schwartz, PhD

  Researcher

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  Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute

  Technical debt can have observable adverse consequences on software security, meaning that allowing debt to accumulate may be even more costly than expected.

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