Delivering Value Quote by Gene Kim

Development is maintenance.

— Brian Marick

“No project is completed until it's objective has been achieved.”

— Paulo Coelho The Alchemist

“Most people assume that maintenance begins when an application is released, that maintenance means fixing bugs and enhancing features. We think these people are…

— Andrew Hunt

A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.

— Joseph Joubert

For me, success can only be achieved with development.

— Ralf Rangnick

“More importantly, our software worked. I don't just mean that it didn't bump, or that it performed according to the written specifications, or that…

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

“If development has to progress, you need to handle encroachments. When”

— Virender Kapoor

“In an abstract sense, an application is successful if it correctly implements its specifications. Unfortunately, this pays only abstract bills. In reality, the success…

— Andrew Hunt

Success is a project that's always under construction.

— Pat Summitt

“Make each feature work hard to be implemented. Make each feature prove itself and show that it's a survivor. It's like "Fight Club". You…

— 37 Signals

“day a product development process starts, it is behind schedule and above budget.”

— Donald A. Norman

“When its work is accomplished, it does not claim the name of having done it.”

— Lao Tzu