“This really does attack essence. Because the build-on-package phenomenon does not today affect the average MIS programmer, it is not yet very… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Discipline Copy Share Image
“The programmer at wit's end for lack of space can often do best by disentangling himself from his code, rearing back, and… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Programming 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 Computers Copy Share Image
“Especially noteworthy is his comment that new people added late in a development project must be team players willing to pitch in… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“Oversimplifying outrageously, we state Brooks's Law: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. This then is the demythologizing of… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Programming 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 Computers Copy Share Image
“I believe that large programming projects suffer management problems different in kind from small ones, due to division of labor. I believe… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Division of labor 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 Computers Copy Share Image
“It is more important that milestones be sharp-edged and unambiguous than that they be easily verifiable by the boss. Rarely will a… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“Conceptual integrity does require that a system reflect a single philosophy and that the specification as seen by the user flow from… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Architecture Copy Share Image
“I will contend that conceptual integrity is the most important consideration in system design. It is better to have a system omit… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Design Ideas Copy Share Image
“Structuring an organization for change is much harder than designing a system for change. Each man must be assigned to jobs that… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Change Copy Share Image
“Years later, when I got to college, I learned about an important theory of psychology called Learned Helplessness, developed by Dr. Martin… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Depression Copy Share Image
“The challenge and the mission are to find real solutions to real problems on actual schedules with available resources.” — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Goals Copy Share Image
“Any attempt to fix it with minimum effort will repair the local and obvious, but unless the structure is pure or the… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Programming Copy Share Image
“If, as I believe, the conceptual structures we construct today are too complicated to be accurately specified in advance, and too complex… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Different approach Copy Share Image
“This great church is an incomparable work of art. There is neither aridity nor confusion in the tenets it sets forth. .… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Art Copy Share Image
“Therefore the most important function that software builders do for their clients is the iterative extraction and refinement of the product requirements.… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Programming Copy Share Image
“Program maintenance involves no cleaning, lubrication, or repair of deterioration. It consists chiefly of changes that repair design defects. Much more often… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Programming Copy Share Image
“Today I am more convinced than ever. Conceptual integrity is central to product quality. Having a system architect is the most important… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Architecture Copy Share Image
“Everything has been composed, just not yet written down. LETTER TO LEOPOLD MOZART [1780]” — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“The manual, or written specification, is a necessary tool, though not a sufficient one. The manual is the external specification of the… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“The manual, or written specification, is a necessary tool, though not a sufficient one. The manual is the external specification of the… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Copy Share Image
“The success of the scaling-up process depends upon the fact that the conceptual integrity of each piece has been radically improved—that the… — Frederick P. Brooks Jr Architecture Copy Share Image
