US Software Costs In Rank Order

April 5, 2010 · Filed Under Software Estimating  - 1 Comment(s)

Thanks to Capers Jones for passing this list rank ordered list of software costs.� As most of us know, software is in crisis and knowing the issues can lead us to solutions.

Here is a ranked list of U.S. software cost drivers:

U.S. Software Costs in Rank Order:

1. The cost of finding and fixing bugs
2. The cost of cancelled projects
3. The cost of producing English words
4. The cost of security flaws and attacks
5. The cost of requirements changes
6. The cost of programming or coding
7. The cost of customer support
8. The cost of meetings and communication
9. The cost of project management
10. The cost of renovation and migration
11. The cost of innovation and new kinds of software
12. The cost of litigation for failures and disasters
13. The cost of training and learning
14. The cost of avoiding security flaws
15.The cost of assembling reusable components


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One Response to “US Software Costs In Rank Order”

  1. Bruce Benson on April 5th, 2010 2:03 pm

    Nice list. It does not however suggest the root causes for these costs, only where they show up in the process.

    The vast majority of organizations I helped get to on time, on schedule and good quality delivery had problems in their commitment process – primarily in realistically estimating the effort.

    Once we got over the cultural inhibitions to making good estimates (which usually meant longer schedules for example) not only did they start meeting their schedules, but the cost – especially due to fixing defects – dropped dramatically.

    It is amazing how many problems decrease in intensity, when you just allow a team a realistic plan for getting the job done.

    Bruce Benson

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