Quote by Frederick P. Brooks Jr

“The manual, or written specification, is a necessary tool, though not a sufficient one. The manual is the external specification of the product. It…

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

“In design, one of the most difficult activities is to get the specifications right:”

— Donald A. Norman

Architect: Someone who knows the difference between that which could be done and that which should be done.

— Larry McVoy

“By the architecture of a system, I mean the complete and detailed specification of the user interface. For a computer this is the programming…

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

“All kinds of workshop, service, repair and parts manuals are”

— Bigmanuals

An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it…

— Frank Gehry

“Good companies like good products have instruction manuals.”

— James Dion

“For it to be successful, the architect must • remember that the builder has the inventive and creative responsibility for the implementation; so the…

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

Architects work in two ways. One is to respond precisely to a client's needs or demands. Another is to look at what the client…

— Rem Koolhaas

“                •   Initiation, business requirements, architecture and design,”

— William Dow

“At the core,” means,” is an implementation and capability is an abstraction.”

— Pearl Zhu

Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.

— James Levine