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[SW Eng] Quality -> Productivity

In the words of K. Fujino, Vice President of NEC Corporation's C&C Software Development Group:

When quality is pursued, productivity follows

(from the first edition of Fundamentals of Software Engineering)

TrackBacks[0] Comments[2] Posted by lasse on September 14, 2005 12:29:33 AM EEST

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In many organizations having something to show quickly is more important than having quality code. This leads to situations where functionality is added very quickly at first, but over time it becomes slower and slower to add new features until things are rewritten.

Comment from Anonymous on September 18, 2005 6:17:02 AM EEST

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Yep, and that's why it's important for IT staff to be aware of that fact and make sure that the management is aware of the true cost of things as well.

Comment from Lasse on September 20, 2005 12:21:25 PM EEST

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