The critical thing about the design process is to identify your scarcest resource. Despite what you may think, that very often is not money. For example, in a NASA moon shot, money is abundant but lightness is scarce; every ounce of weight requires tons of material below. On the design of a beach vacation home, the limitation may be your ocean-front footage. You have to make sure your whole team understands what scarce resource you're optimizing.
An ancient adage warns, "Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three." - Fred Brooks
An ancient adage warns, "Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three."
- Fred Brooks
How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time. - Fred Brooks
How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.
A scientist builds in order to learn; an engineer learns in order to build. - Fred Brooks
A scientist builds in order to learn; an engineer learns in order to build.
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later - Fred Brooks
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later
Present to inform, not to impress. If you inform, you will impress. - Fred Brooks
Present to inform, not to impress. If you inform, you will impress.
The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned. - Fred Brooks
The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.
You can learn more from failure than success. In failure you're forced to find out what part did not work. But in success you can believe everything … - Fred Brooks
You can learn more from failure than success. In failure you're forced to find out what part did not work. But in success you can believe everything …
The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build. - Fred Brooks
The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build.
Nine people can't make a baby in a month. - Fred Brooks
Nine people can't make a baby in a month.
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