“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 Leadership 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 Leadership 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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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 Getting fired 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 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
“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
“*Effective help can only start with mutual agreement on a clear definition of the problem.* Interestingly” — Gerald M. Weinberg Problem solving 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
“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
“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
“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
“Testing gathers information about a product; it does not fix things it finds that are wrong.” — Gerald M. Weinberg 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 Copy Share Image
“*No matter how strange it may look, most people are actually trying to be helpful.* That” — Gerald M. Weinberg 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
“• 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
“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 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
