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Book:
Professional Software Development
Steve McConnell
Published 2004 by
Addison Wesley
Finding relevant to IfSQ Standards:
Construction errors detected during system testing cost 10 times more to fix than in the construction phase and 10-25 times more to fix when detected post-release
More Publications:
A
An Analysis of Some Commercial PL/1 Programs
Analyzing Error-Prone System Structure
Applied Software Measurement: Assuring Productivity and Quality
Software Assessments, Benchmarks, and Best Practices
B - Col
Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed
Calculating the Return on Investment from More Effective Requirements Management
Code Complete
Collecting and Categorizing Software Error Data in an Industrial Environment
Com - Def
Comparing The Effectiveness of Software Testing Strategies
A Complexity Measure
Debugging Effort Estimation using Software Metrics
Software Defect Prevention Using McCabe's Complexity Metric
Software Defect Removal Efficiency
Des - Ec
Design and Code Inspections to Reduce Errors in Program Development
Document Inspection as an Agent of Change
An Economic Release Decision Model: Insights into Software Project Management
Em - Es
An Empirical Study of Modularity on Program Modifiability
An Empirical Study of Software Design Practices
Software Engineering Economics
Software Errors and Complexity: An Empirical Investigation
Estimating Software Costs
Ev - Ex
Evaluating Software Development by Error Analysis: The Data from the Architecture Research Facility
Evaluating Software Engineering Technologies
Experience with Inspection in Ultralarge-Scale Developments
An Experimental Investigation of Software Metrics and Their Relationship to Software Development Effort
F - Id
What We Have Learned About Fighting Defects
Hughes Aircraft's Widespread Deployment of a Continuously Improving Software Process
The Humble Programmer
Identifying Error-Prone Software - An Empirical Study
Im - In
Improving Software Productivity
Software Inspection
Software Inspection: An Industry Best Practice
Inspections - Some Surprising Findings
Software Inspections: An Effective Verification Process
Ma - Pe
Managing the Software Process
Managing the Structured Techniques: Strategies for Software Development in the 1990's
Some Pascal Style Guidelines
Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide
Pr - Proc
Practical Software Maintenance
Practical Software Metrics for Project Management and Process Improvement
The Pragmatic Programmer
Software Process Improvement at Raytheon
Prod - Rel
Software Productivity
Professional Software Development
Professional Software, vol. 2, Programming Practice
Programming Productivity
Software Reliability
Req - Z
Software Requirements
They Write the Right Stuff
Why You Should Use Routines, Routinely
Swords and Plowshares: The Rework Cycle of Defense and Commercial Software Development