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Research shows that the cost of fixing errors discovered in the requirements and design phases is only 1/10 to 1/100 of the cost at the coding phase.
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VerifiedResearch data from IBM's Systems Science Institute indicates that the cost of fixing a defect discovered during the requirements phase is only 1/100 of the cost in a production environment.78% similarUnverifiedThe more detailed the answers provided to the AI during the requirements analysis phase, the lower the probability of bugs in the final product; the cost of fixing errors found in the requirements phase is only 1/10 to 1/100 of the cost of finding the same type of error in the coding phase.77% similarUnverifiedThe cost of discovering and fixing a vulnerability during the development phase is only 1/100 or even less than the cost of fixing it in a production environment.76% similarUnverifiedAccording to McKinsey research, the cost of fixing errors in the requirements phase is 5–10 times that of the coding phase.75% similarUnverified修复需求阶段的错误比修复编码阶段的错误成本低10倍以上69% similar
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