“The big change has been in the hardware/software cost ratio. The buyer of a $2-million machine in 1960 felt that he could… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“The computer has brought a similar fluidity to many other media: artistic drawings, building plans, mechanical drawings, musical compositions, photographs, video sequences,… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“The programmed computer has all the fascination of the pinball machine or the jukebox mechanism, carried to the ultimate. Fourth” — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“First, one must perform perfectly. The computer resembles the magic of legend in this respect, too. If one character, one pause, of… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“Power tools for the mind. The most dramatic way to improve the productivity of management information systems (MIS) programmers is to go… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“Digital computers are themselves more complex than most things people build; they have very large numbers of states. This makes conceiving, describing,… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“Radically better software robustness and productivity are to be had only by moving up a level, and making programs by the composition… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“A computer program is a message from a man to a machine. The rigidly marshaled syntax and the scrupulous definitions all exist… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“The metaprogrammer who uses one, or especially several, applications as components in a larger system. This is the user whose needs are poorly met… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“The big change has been in the hardware/software cost ratio. The buyer of a $2-million machine in 1960 felt that he could afford $250,000… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“The job done least well by project managers is to utilize the technical genius who is not strong on management talent.” — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“I have long enjoyed asking candidate programmers, "Where is next November?" If the question is too cryptic, then, "Tell me about your mental model… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“Reducing the role conflict. The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. He must discipline himself not to act on problems… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“Lehman and Belady have studied the history of successive releases in a large operating system.[6] They find that the total number of modules increases… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“Because ease of use is the purpose, this ratio of function to conceptual complexity is the ultimate test of system design. Neither function alone… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“...give a great deal of attention to keeping his managers and his technical people as interchangeable as their talents allow. The barriers are sociological...… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“The computer has brought a similar fluidity to many other media: artistic drawings, building plans, mechanical drawings, musical compositions, photographs, video sequences, slide presentations,… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“As time passes, the system becomes less and less well-ordered. Sooner or later the fixing cease to gain any ground. Each forward step is… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“Finally, a manager's documents give him a data base and checklist. By reviewing them periodically he sees where he is, and he sees what… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the cost-performance ratio of the product will depend most heavily on the implementer, just as ease of use depends most heavily on the… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
