Have you ever designed, developed and deployed an application, only to find that it doesn’t exactly meet your business needs?  Finding functional gaps in your application during the testing cycle can be expensive.  Furthermore, any solutions that are developed during this time are in jeopardy of being sub-optimal. 

Gartner research indicates that up to 40% of defects can be uncovered and corrected during the business requirements gathering phase of a software development life cycle.  These defects can be attributed to inaccurate system specifications, duplicate requirements, and lack of subject matter expertise.

Introducing software quality assurance practices and methodologies early in the project life cycle not only improves the quality of your end product, but also reduces the overall cost of development, support and maintenance of the application in the long run when you take into account the cost of change requests and support of band-aid solutions.

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Name: Long Van Title: Mobile Financial Services Solution Architect Company: DonRiver Inc. View Long Van's Blog