“Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor. Particularly on large projects, each of the following mismanagement actions has often been responsible for doubling software development costs.” ActionPoorDevelopmentCostProjectsIncreaseResponsibleManagementFollowingFactorsSoftwareSoftware DevelopmentMismanagementPoor Management Author:Barry Boehm
“High-quality software is not expensive. High-quality software is faster and cheaper to build and maintain than low-quality software, from initial development all the way through total cost of ownership.” WayQualityDevelopmentCostLowsFasterExpensiveSoftwareOwnershipInitialsCheaperHigh Quality Author:Capers Jones
“Because software is all about scale. The larger you are, the more profitable you are. If we sell twice as much as software, it doesn't cost us twice as much to build that software. So the more customers you have, the more scale you have. The larger you are, the more profitable you are.” IfsInspirationalCostSellsCustomersScalesSoftwareProfitable Author:Larry Ellison
“When you take a look at the transition from server software to Azure, what's going on in terms of cloud infrastructure, the company is absolutely the No. 1 company serving enterprise backbone needs, which is fantastic. It's making the migration to cloud. We started a good thing with Azure, and the company has made well more than two years of progress in terms of being able to compete with the right cost profile, margin structure, and innovation versus Amazon.” NeedsYearsWellsLooksMadeTwoAbleTermCompanyProgressCostInnovationStructureGood ThingsCloudsFantasticEnterpriseTwo YearsServingTransitionSoftwareVersusInfrastructureMarginsProfileAmazonBackboneMigrationServerAzure Author:Steve Ballmer
“A technology becomes truly disruptive when it drives the marginal cost of something that used to be scarce and expensive to approach zero. Thus, it used to be to deploy software at scale, you had to fund a data center, buy a set of servers, storage, and networking gear, build an in-house IT management capability, and buy an expensive stack of enabling software before you could even get started. Now you can get all that from Amazon or Microsoft on a pay-as-you-grow model.” UsedHouseGrowsPayTechnologyCostApproachModelsManagementScalesUsed To BeDataExpensiveFundZeroSoftwareCapabilityNetworkingGearsMicrosoftScarceAmazonEnablingStorageDisruptiveServerData Centers Author:Geoffrey Moore