Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flowcharts; they'll be obvious.
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.
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later - Fred Brooks
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later
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.
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.
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 …
Nine people can't make a baby in a month. - Fred Brooks
Nine people can't make a baby in a month.
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.
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.
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