Quote by Michael Jesse Chonoles

“The first diagram that you need on any project is a context diagram.”

— Michael Jesse Chonoles

“The key to creating a successful system is to make it as uncomplicated as possible.”

— Geralin Thomas

“To build a software that your users understand, capture the language of that users in a class diagram.”

— Michael Jesse Chonoles

“unlike the building industry, the software development industry lacks a standard, consistent way to think about, describe and visually communicate software architecture”

— Simon Brown

So much of design is context.

— Steve Madden

“Moreover, individual users do not have to develop everything they need on their own:”

— Eric von Hippel

“Don’t wait for inspiration; create a framework for it.”

— Jocelyn K. Glei

The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build.

— Fred Brooks

One can expect the human race to continue attempting systems just within or just beyond our reach; and software systems are perhaps the most…

— Fred Brooks

Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.

— David Heinemeier Hansson

“We sort of understood abstractly the idea that there are only two kinds of software projects: failures and future legacy horrors.”

— Peter Weinberger

“Master programmers think of systems as stories to be told rather than programs to be written.”

— Robert C. Martin