Assertion: defect's cost | /r/CapableOf | fix defect
Facets:
value: during this phase of the project
type: TEMPORAL
value: in a project
type: LOCATION
value: during system test
type: TEMPORAL
value: at different times
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: At $500 per person-day, the average cost to fix a defect was about $1,600 per fix, or $500 * 3.2 person-days.
text: For Example: If the defect is identified in requirements phase then the cost of fixing it is just modifying the requirement whereas if the wrong requirement is designed and implemented in the code and found during the test execution phase then the cost to fix that defect will be very high as the fix needs to be done in requirement and then those changes need to propagate to design, development and testing again.
text: Table 1 shows a summary of the cost to fix a defect during the different parts of the lifecycle, and an estimated cost to the company of a defect.
text: Notice that all three companies had different actual costs to fix a defect.
text: Comparison of cost to fix a defect at different times in a project
text: If you considered only the cost to fix a defect during system test, Company C's costs would look worse than the others.
text: This allows you to calculate the cost to fix a defect during this phase of the project.
text: Here's how you can find the average cost to find and fix a defect:
text: In fact, using the estimation technique above, Avery's cost to fix a defect is highly inflated in system test, because they found and fixed most of the defects beforehand.
text: Though Company C had a larger, more complex product than Company A, and had much less cost to fix defects.
text: But if the error is not caught in the specifications and is not found till the user acceptance then the cost to fix those errors or defects will be way too expensive.