Benefits of Finding Defects in the initial stages of the Software Development Life Cycle

Software Project teams work hard throughout the software life cycle to create quality software outputs. It’s a general perception that Testing team  is responsible for the quality of the software by identifying quality defects. The truth is everyone in the Project team is equally responsible for the software quality. The defects can be introduced into the software right from the Requirements writing stage and then can propagate further into the next stages. Defects can be introduced at any stage and by anyone.

For the same reason mentioned above. it is very important to identify the defects as early as possible. There are multiple benefits associated with it, like less cost and reduced time to fix, prevents further multiplication of the defect and better quality, confidence in the processes.

For example, if a defect is introduced in the Requirements stage and not caught by anyone, it could easily multiply in the software code and further into the test cases. On identification at the later stage, it would be more expensive to fix as compared to the early stages. On the other hand, if it’s identified early it can be fixed right at that stage, thereby bringing clarification to all the team members. Static Testing is an important activity to identify such defects.