A recent report from the Consortium for Information & Software Quality notes how poor quality software is impacting businesses in the US.The situation is said to only worsen, as economic constraints will place added pressure on businesses.
This as the implementation of poor quality software is said to cost US business an estimated $2.08 trillion back in 2020. Here, the CISQ found that operational software failure was the leading cost contributor, reaching an estimated $1.56 trillion in 2020, which is up 22 percent from 2018., believes South African businesses will suffer from the same problem, with poor quality software anticipated to cost local companies billions of Rands in the coming months and years.
“When you commoditise software development and make decisions based purely on cost, the casualty will be quality. And too few leaders fully understand the implications waiting for them down the road,” added Barbosa in a press release sent toThe CIO notes that even as a best case scenario, organisations running on low-quality software will struggle to release new features. This in turn will impact those company’s ability to deliver on customer expectations.
With companies set to face tighter budget constraints next year, there will be a temptation to cut corners wherever possible.