About 90 percent of the downtime comes from, at most, 10 percent of the defects.

- Barry Boehm

Agile methods derive much of their agility by relying on the tacit knowledge embodied in the team, rather than writing the knowleadge down in plans.

- Barry Boehm

If a project has not achieved a system architecture, including its rationale, the project should not proceed to full-scale system development. Specif…

- Barry Boehm

Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor.

- Barry Boehm

Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor. Particularly on large projects, each of the following mismanagement a…

- Barry Boehm

Stop the life cycle-I want to get off!

- Barry Boehm

Software engineering economics.

- Barry Boehm

Negotiation builds a team as well as a set of requirements.

- Barry Boehm