If a project has not achieved a system architecture, including its rationale, the project should not proceed to full-scale system development. Specifying the architecture as a deliverable enables its use throughout the development and maintenance process.

Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor. Particularly on large projects, each of the following mismanagement actions has often been responsible for doubling software development costs.

Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor.

About 90 percent of the downtime comes from, at most, 10 percent of the defects.

Negotiation builds a team as well as a set of requirements.

Software engineering economics.

Stop the life cycle-I want to get off!