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Larry Constantine

(1943) Engineer United States

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Larry Constantine is an engineer from the United States, best known for The Unified Process Construction Phase.

Quick Facts About Larry Constantine

Born: February 14, 1943
Nationality: United States
Profession: Engineer
Notable works: The Unified Process Construction Phase

About Larry Constantine

Larry LeRoy Constantine is an American software engineer, professor in the Center for Exact Sciences and Engineering at the University of Madeira in Portugal, and considered one of the pioneers of computing. He has contributed numerous concepts and techniques forming the foundations of modern practice in software engineering and applications design and development.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Stevens Award ACM Fellow ACM Distinguished Member

Quotes by Larry Constantine

A dynamic duo who work well together can be worth any three people working in isolation.

Larry Constantine

Duos

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Hiring people to write code to sell is not the same as hiring people to design and build durable, usable, dependable software.

Larry Constantine

Code

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If we play genie and grant client wishes, we are apt to construct castles of code in the air.

Larry Constantine

Air

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We offer them mediocrity while calling it magic. We offer them the illusion of intelligent software, seducing them into surrendering the task…

Larry Constantine

Calling

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The best meetings get real work done. When your people learn that your meetings actually accomplish something, they will stop making excuses…

Larry Constantine

Accomplish

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In fast moving markets, adaptation is significantly more important than optimization.

Larry Constantine

Adaptation

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