What is the correlation between the quality of the software development process and the quality of the product?

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I used to believe the practicing "good" software development methods tends to yield a better product in the long run. However, I've seen quite a few cases where "quick-and-dirty" \ "brute-force" \ "copy-paste" programming appeared to give decent results quicker, and cheaper. This appears especially in cases where time to market is more critical then maintenance overhead.

Is there a correlation between the quality of the development process and techniques and the quality of the product?

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