“Peopleware. A major contribution during recent years has been DeMarco and Lister's 1987 book, Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams. Its underlying thesis is that "The major problems of our work are not so much technological as sociological in nature." It… — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“...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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Hustle provides the cushion, the reserve capacity, that enables a team to cope with routine mishaps, to anticipate and forfend minor calamities. The calculated… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share
“I do not believe we will find the magic here. Program verification is a very powerful concept, and it will be very important for… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share
“By the architecture of a system, I mean the complete and detailed specification of the user interface. For a computer this is the programming… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share
