How to Reduce the High Cost of Software Defects
How to Reduce the High Cost of Software Defects

Software defects is a common occurrence during software development in UAE notwithstanding the constant efforts to identify and rectify them before it is released to the customer. But unidentified and unresolved bugs in software production can impact negatively on the business, irrespective of the seriousness.

Here are some practical advice to help you reduce both the number and effect of software bugs on your business.

Agile Vs. Waterfall

With agile software development testing happens concurrently with development and hence defects are identified and rectified faster. Despite regular identification and rectification, some bugs will continue to be unidentified. But these are fewer than waterfall software projects.

Three Types of Defects

The impact of bugs can be classified into three types

·         Low-impact- bugs with little impact on the end-users or revenue

·         Medium-impact-  affect users and activities to some extent

·         High-impact- serious impact on users and key activities and causes loss of revenue.

No Defect is Insignificant

To be realistic, there can never be bug-free software. But the question is that is it worth it to address low-impact bugs as they have little influence on user experience and revenue.

Surveys among IT Software Companies in Dubai indicate that although the low impact defects usually don’t influence on negative brand reputation but at times they do have a significant effect. At the same time, half of them considered fixing a defect if it caused an outage or data loss.

The bottom line is that an isolated a lone low-impact might not be worth fixing. But if many defects are detected during production, they may have an incremental, damaging effect on the brand reputation although they might not cause disruption in business continuity.  


Conclusion

To conclude follow these recommendations to help your developers in your company offering software development services in Dubai reduce the number of defects that escape into production, and reduce the negative impact on your brand and the end solutions.

1.      Don’t ignore low impact defects: Fix these as soon as possible and they might snowball and effect your brands reputation.

2.      Go agile at the earliest: With agile software development you can detect bugs as early as possible and the ones that do will have a low impact on the final product. 

3.      Test sooner: the early detection will mean earlier rectification

4.      Prioritize security testing: Security defects have the major impact on revenue.