“Testing does not improve a product; the improving is done by people fixing the bugs that testing has uncovered.” — 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 Humor Copy Share Image
“If you are a leader, the people are your work. There is no other work worth doing.* One” — Gerald M. Weinberg Leader Copy Share Image
“In this business, it takes all the running you can do just to stay in the same place. The” — Gerald M. Weinberg Business Copy Share Image
“*Effective help can only start with mutual agreement on a clear definition of the problem.* Interestingly” — Gerald M. Weinberg Problem 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… — Gerald M. Weinberg Risk 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 Beard Copy Share Image
“problem-solving leaders have one thing in common: a faith that there's always a better way.” — Gerald M. Weinberg Better way Copy Share Image
“When people who are driven by a vision see something wrong, they might say to their teammates, “I feel bad because we’re… — Gerald M. Weinberg Dreams 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… — Gerald M. Weinberg Effort and time Copy Share Image
“Linear models tend to define relationships in terms of roles rather than people: the boss rather than the person actually exerting influence.… — Gerald M. Weinberg Relationship 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… — Gerald M. Weinberg Discipline 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… — Gerald M. Weinberg Ask Tests 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… — Gerald M. Weinberg Management 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… — Gerald M. Weinberg Management 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… — Gerald M. Weinberg Computers 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… — Gerald M. Weinberg Help people 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… — Gerald M. Weinberg Psychology Copy Share Image
“Good testing involves balancing the need to mitigate risk against the risk of trying to gather too much information.” — Gerald M. Weinberg Too much information Copy Share Image
“It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so. - Will Rogers The” — Gerald M. Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Testing gathers information about a product; it does not fix things it finds that are wrong.” — Gerald M. Weinberg Testing Copy Share Image
“*No matter how strange it may look, most people are actually trying to be helpful.* That” — Gerald M. Weinberg Helpful Copy Share Image
“Jane easily shifts among activities—testing for discovery, pinpointing, locating, determining significance, repairing, troubleshooting, and testing to learn. As long as she continues… — Gerald M. Weinberg Determining Copy Share Image
“PREFACE PROBLEM: Nobody reads prefaces. SOLUTION: Call the preface Chapter 1. NEW PROBLEM CREATED BY SOLUTION: Chapter 1 is boring. RESOLUTION: Throw… — Gerald M. Weinberg Humor Copy Share Image
“Denise: "So your present project is ready to pass to the testing people?" Ralph: "Absolutely." Denise: "Okay, since you're so sure it's… — Gerald M. Weinberg Testing Raise Copy Share Image
“• Do you think the outcome of testing will make your decisions for you? Business decisions cannot be made from a purely… — Gerald M. Weinberg Bad business Copy Share Image
