I first saw the suggestion at https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2012/07/09/software-inventory/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2012/07/09/software-inventory... He

I first saw the suggestion at https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2012/07/09/software-inventory/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2012/07/09/software-inventory... He makes a reasonable case that not keeping the bug queue manageable leads to increased cost. I've definitely been in bug triage mtgs where we spend more time discussing a bug than the code change would take.