| Title: | Economic Impacts of Inadequate Infrastructure for Software Testing |
| Type: | Report |
| Date: | May 2002 |
| Authors: | Gallaher, M.P., Kropp, B.M. |
| Abstract: | Software has become an intrinsic part of business over the last
decade. Virtually every business in the U.S. in every sector depends
on it to aid in the development, production, marketing, and support
of its products and services. Advances in computers and related
technology have provided the building blocks on which new
industries have evolved. Innovations in the fields of robotic
manufacturing, nanotechnologies, and human genetics research all
have been enabled by low cost computational and control
capabilities supplied by computers and software.
In 2000, total sales of software reached approximately $180 billion.
Rapid growth has created a significant and high-paid workforce,
with 697,000 employed as software engineers and an additional
585,000 as computer programmers.
Reducing the cost of software development and improving software
quality are important objectives of the U.S. software industry.
However, the complexity of the underlying software needed to
support the U.S.’s computerized economy is increasing at an
alarming rate. The size of software products is no longer measured
in terms of thousands of lines of code, but millions of lines of code. This increasing complexity along with a decreasing average market
life expectancy for many software products has heightened
concerns over software quality. |
| Online Resources: |  PDF |
| Full Citation: | Gallaher, M.P., & Kropp, B.M. (May 2002). Economic Impacts of Inadequate Infrastructure for Software Testing. |
