COST OF SOFTWARE QUALITY: A MEANS OF PROMOTING SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

Cost of quality (COQ) is well understood conceptually and quantitatively in manufacturing and service industries. In software production, however, this concept has only recently been applied. This article explores COQ as applied to software and as publi..

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