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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 through total cost of ownership.

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 through total cost of ownership.

Capers Jones
Quality, Cost, Development

There are thousands of ways to mess up or damage a software projects, and only a few ways to do them well

Capers Jones
Way, Damage, Projects
Capers Jones (2008). “Applied Software Measurement: Global Analysis of Productivity and Quality”, p.292, McGraw Hill Professional

Excessive or irrational schedules are probably the single most destructive influence in all of software

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Schedules, Influence, Irrational
Capers Jones (2008). “Applied Software Measurement: Global Analysis of Productivity and Quality”, p.403, McGraw Hill Professional

The use of lines of code metrics for productivity and quality studies [is] to be regarded as professional malpractice starting in 1995.

Capers Jones
Quality, Use, Lines
Capers Jones (1994). “Assessment and Control of Software Risks”, Prentice Hall

Perhaps the worst software technology of all time was the use of physical lines of code [for metrics]. Continued use of this approach, in the author's opinion, should be considered professional malpractice.

Capers Jones
Technology, Use, Lines
Capers Jones (1997). “Applied Software Measurement: Assuring Productivity and Quality”, McGraw-Hill Companies

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