Fred Brooks Quotes
- Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the software engineer.
- The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build.
- All programmers are optimists. Perhaps this modern sorcery especially attracts those who believe in happy endings and fairy godmothers. Perhaps the hundreds of nitty frustrations…
- The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a display screen comes…
- More software projects have gone awry for lack of calendar time than for all other causes combined.
- The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.
- The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another.
- How does a project get to be a year late? One day at a time.