In General, Spending More Time in Development to Ensure Better

question 14

Multiple Choice

In general, spending more time in development to ensure better software will

• A) shorten testing time
• B) slightly reduce maintenance efforts
• C) slightly increase maintenance efforts
• D) greatly reduce maintenance efforts
• E) not alter the time it takes for any other stage

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