Failure Quote by Peter Weinberger

A typical software project can present more opportunities to learn from mistakes than some people get in a lifetime.

— Steve McConnell

The reality of most software development is that the consequences of failure are simply nonexistent.

— Dan Kaminsky

Corporations have been killing the risk-taking and exploration that makes software great. They have tried to rip the soul out of development.

— Brian Behlendorf

“It seems to be common, judging from the number of incidents and accidents that have resulted, for software designers to forget that the world…

— Nancy G. Leveson

“Software lives and matures over time.”

— Ka Wai Cheung

“Software is eating the world”

— Marc Andreessen

“In this chapter we've seen that, unlike when building a house, when it comes to software it's almost impossible to know what you want.…

— Patrick Gleeson

“The majority of the cost of a software project is in long-term maintenance.”

— Robert C. Martin

“In technology, our work happens almost entirely within complex systems with a high risk of catastrophic consequences. As”

— Gene Kim

“our longstanding idea of a computer is obsolete.”

— Nicholas Carr

“She flips to the second page. “The projects seem to fall into the following categories: replacing fragile infrastructure, vendor upgrades, or supporting some internal…

— Gene Kim

We are still in the infancy of naming what is really happening on software development projects.

— Alistair Cockburn