“Often when managers say, "Testing takes too long," what they should be saying is, "Fixing the bugs in the product takes too long"—a different cost category. Make sure you're accounting for effort and time under the correct cost category.” — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Much of the ability to help other people arises from personal power, but it would be naive to assert that nothing else is required.… — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“What you don't know may not hurt you, but what you don't remember always does.” — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“If you are a leader, the people are your work. There is no other work worth doing.* One” — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Separation of function is not to be despised, but neither should it be exalted. Separation is not an unbreakable law, but a convenience for… — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Often when managers say, "Testing takes too long," what they should be saying is, "Fixing the bugs in the product takes too long"—a different… — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Although technology often leads science in discovery, the philosophy of technology is usually drawn from the scientific philosophy of its time. In our time,… — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Why is it that we reward programmers who work all night to remove the errors they put into their programs, or managers who make… — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Or, suppose you want to motivate your managers to ship products on time, so you conspicuously promote each manager whose product goes out the… — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“If you don't have questions about a product's risks, then there's no reason to test. If you have at least one such question, then… — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Within IBM at that time, growing a beard without getting fired was an indisputable mark of technical genius. In” — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“There's never an easy answer to the question "Should we do more testing?" because information can guide risk reduction, but doesn't necessarily do so.” — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Testing may convincingly demonstrate the presence of bugs, but can never demonstrate their absence."- Edsger W. Dijkstra, Computing Pioneer (1930–2002), "Programming as a discipline… — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
