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> [Management Challenges to Implementing Agile Processes in Traditional Development Organizations,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-boehm/management-challenges-to-implementing-agile-processes-in-traditional/)

[Barry Boehm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-boehm/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-boehm/agile-methods-derive-much-of-their-agility-by-relying-on-the-tacit/)

[Barry Boehm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-boehm/)

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## Other authors on Agile

## More by Barry Boehm

> [Negotiation builds a team as well as a set of requirements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-boehm/negotiation-builds-a-team-as-well-as-a-set-of-requirements/)

[Barry Boehm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-boehm/)

> [Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor. Particularly on large projects, each of the following mismanagement actions has often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-boehm/poor-management-can-increase-software-costs-more-rapidly-than-any/)

[Barry Boehm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-boehm/)

> [Management Challenges to Implementing Agile Processes in Traditional Development Organizations,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-boehm/management-challenges-to-implementing-agile-processes-in-traditional/)

[Barry Boehm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-boehm/)

> [If a project has not achieved a system architecture, including its rationale, the project should not proceed to full-scale system development. Specifying the architecture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-boehm/if-a-project-has-not-achieved-a-system-architecture-including-its/)

[Barry Boehm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-boehm/)

> [Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-boehm/poor-management-can-increase-software-costs-more-rapidly-than-any-2/)

[Barry Boehm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-boehm/agile-methods-derive-much-of-their-agility-by-relying-on-the-tacit/)

[Barry Boehm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-boehm/)

> [About 90 percent of the downtime comes from, at most, 10 percent of the defects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-boehm/about-90-percent-of-the-downtime-comes-from-at-most-10-percent-of-the/)

[Barry Boehm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-boehm/)

> [Software engineering economics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-boehm/software-engineering-economics/)

[Barry Boehm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-boehm/)

> [Stop the life cycle-I want to get off!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-boehm/stop-the-life-cycle-i-want-to-get-off/)

[Barry Boehm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-boehm/)

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