Axivion - Stopping Software Erosion

Quick Check

Where are you on the software erosion path? Answer the following questions and count how many times you answer "Yes".

Your Team

Does your software development team only experience marginal employee turnover and growth?

Error Rate and Testing

Does the effort needed for testing stay the same and is your error rate on a low level and stable?

Planning Consistency

Are your software projects always on time and within budget?

Outsourcing

Is all your software development done in-house and are you not planning any kind of outsourcing?

Customer Satisfaction

Can you always respond quickly and flexibly to customer demands and changing requirements?

Cost Trends

Are you satisfied with the way your software development costs are changing?

"Yes" 5-6 times

You may not yet be experiencing major software erosion. You have the opportunity to act now to prevent significant loss due to software erosion in the near future.

"Yes" 3-4 times

You are very probably suffering due to software erosion. Unless you take immediate steps to address this it could soon become a major threat to your software development.

"Yes" 0-2 times

You are definitively suffering due to software erosion. If you don't make stopping software erosion your top priority you will experience a "software landslide" and have to scrap your software.
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