Delivering Software-Reliant Products Faster: Take Action to Help Your Organization Gain Speed Without Sacrificing Quality

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Learn how to deliver software-reliant products faster and explore ways to use software architecture more effectively.
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Software Engineering Institute

Abstract

Our white paper shows that early attention to software architecture delivers products with the qualities customers want, reduces unnecessary rework, and makes products easier to modify and maintain. Use the information in this collection to look into the initial steps suggested in the white paper and explore additional resources.

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Software Engineering Institute (2011, February 14). Delivering Software-Reliant Products Faster: Take Action to Help Your Organization Gain Speed Without Sacrificing Quality. Retrieved September 12, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/delivering-software-reliant-products-faster-take-action-to-help-your-organization-gain-speed-without-sacrificing-quality/.

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Software Engineering Institute. "Delivering Software-Reliant Products Faster: Take Action to Help Your Organization Gain Speed Without Sacrificing Quality." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, February 14, 2011. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/delivering-software-reliant-products-faster-take-action-to-help-your-organization-gain-speed-without-sacrificing-quality/.

Software Engineering Institute, "Delivering Software-Reliant Products Faster: Take Action to Help Your Organization Gain Speed Without Sacrificing Quality," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 14-Feb-2011 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/delivering-software-reliant-products-faster-take-action-to-help-your-organization-gain-speed-without-sacrificing-quality/. [Accessed: 12-Sep-2026].

Software Engineering Institute. "Delivering Software-Reliant Products Faster: Take Action to Help Your Organization Gain Speed Without Sacrificing Quality." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 14 Feb. 2011. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/delivering-software-reliant-products-faster-take-action-to-help-your-organization-gain-speed-without-sacrificing-quality/. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

Software Engineering Institute. Delivering Software-Reliant Products Faster: Take Action to Help Your Organization Gain Speed Without Sacrificing Quality. Software Engineering Institute. 2011. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/delivering-software-reliant-products-faster-take-action-to-help-your-organization-gain-speed-without-sacrificing-quality/