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ITNOW 2007 49(2):25; doi:10.1093/combul/bwl118
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© 2007 The British Computer Society

Thought Leadership

The cost of dependability

Justin Richards


  Abstract

Today this relatively new industry has many practitioners who are specifying software using ambiguous English and vague diagrams, implementing it using ill-defined programming languages with known weaknesses, and hoping that testing the resulting mess will somehow lead to a usable product. Too many projects get cancelled and those that do survive are often over budget and full of vulnerabilities. The US National Institute of Science and Technology has calculated that poor quality software costs the US economy nearly one per cent of GDP.


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