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What's most important when releasing an app?   [Edit]

Survey period: 14 Nov 2011 to 21 Nov 2011

Suppose you can pick only one. What's most important to you?

OptionVotes% 
Shipping it on time8010.94
Shipping it with all the planned features16222.16
Shipping it bug free41256.36
Shipping it with a polished look and feel7710.53



 
General;} Pin
radioman.lt13-Nov-11 20:34
radioman.lt13-Nov-11 20:34 
GeneralVery true Pin
koolprasad200313-Nov-11 22:02
professionalkoolprasad200313-Nov-11 22:02 
GeneralRe: Very true Pin
Kanasz Robert13-Nov-11 22:29
professionalKanasz Robert13-Nov-11 22:29 
GeneralRe: Very true Pin
Gandalf_TheWhite13-Nov-11 23:12
professionalGandalf_TheWhite13-Nov-11 23:12 
GeneralRe: Very true Pin
Nikil S14-Nov-11 13:59
Nikil S14-Nov-11 13:59 
GeneralDepends on industry Pin
R. Erasmus13-Nov-11 20:08
R. Erasmus13-Nov-11 20:08 
GeneralRe: Depends on industry Pin
CDP180213-Nov-11 20:47
CDP180213-Nov-11 20:47 
GeneralRe: Depends on industry Pin
OriginalGriff13-Nov-11 21:01
mveOriginalGriff13-Nov-11 21:01 
R. Erasmus wrote:
We all know the penalties that envolves not delivering your project on time

We also know the commercial implications of shipping a POS. Delivery on time but full of bugs can destroy your company image far, far faster than late shipping.

In the world of hardware, shipping a buggy product can cost a company billions: think of the cost of recall and fix work. One company I worked for did just that with a new Visual Display Terminal (pre PC days) - the cathode ray tube failed after two months use. The cost of getting engineers to site, and fitting all new tubes was twice the company annual turnover. Fortunately the company survived, but it drove home a lesson: Test it, testing again, and only then think about shipping it when you have also got someone else to test it. Twice.

Software is the same - just you don't need to send an engineer.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

GeneralRe: Depends on industry Pin
Ravi Sant14-Nov-11 2:48
Ravi Sant14-Nov-11 2:48 
GeneralRe: Depends on industry Pin
radioman.lt14-Nov-11 3:48
radioman.lt14-Nov-11 3:48 
Generalbug free Pin
member6013-Nov-11 19:50
member6013-Nov-11 19:50 
GeneralAbove all Pin
Toniyo Jackson13-Nov-11 19:34
Toniyo Jackson13-Nov-11 19:34 
GeneralWorking on time Pin
Mehdi Gholam13-Nov-11 18:54
Mehdi Gholam13-Nov-11 18:54 
GeneralBug Free!!! PinPopular
Pritesh Aryan13-Nov-11 18:24
Pritesh Aryan13-Nov-11 18:24 
GeneralRe: Bug Free!!! PinPopular
OriginalGriff13-Nov-11 19:51
mveOriginalGriff13-Nov-11 19:51 
GeneralRe: Bug Free!!! PinPopular
Pritesh Aryan13-Nov-11 20:16
Pritesh Aryan13-Nov-11 20:16 
GeneralRe: Bug Free!!! Pin
OriginalGriff13-Nov-11 20:55
mveOriginalGriff13-Nov-11 20:55 

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