System Design Quotes by Fred Brooks

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Fred Brooks has 29 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.
• Even the best planning is not so omniscient as to get it right the first time.
• Successful software always gets changed.
• The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a…
• Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later
• The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. He must discipline himself not to act on problems his managers…
• Plan to throw one (implementation) away; you will, anyhow.
• Conceptual integrity is the most important consideration in system design.

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