Bad man Quote by Tom DeMarco Download Open image “First law of Bad Management: If something isn't working, do more of it.” — Tom DeMarco ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bad man Bad Management Firsts Ifs Inspirational Law Management Testing
When things go wrong, the standard management strategy is to decide who takes the blame. This should be an underling, as far down the… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't. — Anthea Turner Copy Share Image
Get the right people. Then no matter what all else you might do wrong after that, the people will save you. That's what management… — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
The great secret of good management is to be more alert to prevent a man's going wrong than eager to punish him for it. — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
“There is good management and bad management: good management is like air—you don’t know it’s there until it’s gone away.” — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“More important than any gimmick you introduce is a change in attitude. People must learn that it’s okay sometimes not to answer their phones,… — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
“We have become so obsessed with getting rid of people who are burdened with the characterization overhead that we have ended up with organizations… — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
The more you focus on control, the more likely you're working on a project that's striving to deliver something of relatively minor value. — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
“Internal competition has the direct effect of making coaching difficult or impossible.” — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
“The most obvious defensive management ploys are prescriptive Methodologies (“My people are too dumb to build systems without them” ) and technical interference by… — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
“The need for uniformity is a sign of insecurity on the part of management. Strong managers don’t care when team members cut their hair… — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
“If you’ve got decent people under you, there is probably nothing you can do to improve their chances of success more dramatically than to… — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
“While this [10 to 1] productivity differential among programmers is understandable, there is also a 10 to 1 difference in productivity among software organizations” — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
Training is practice doing a new task much more slowly than an expert would do it. — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
If you find yourself concentrating on the technology rather than the sociology, you're like the vaudeville character who loses his keys on a dark… — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
I don't do plays without jokes anymore. I've retired from those plays. I think it's bad manners to invite people to sit in the… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
“It is said that the hallmark of a gentleman is that he is only ever rude intentionally. Arthur Bryant was no gentleman. His rudeness… — Christopher Fowler Copy Share Image
Good churches are not built by bad men; at least, there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society. These minsters were neither… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Why, just a couple of economic seasons ago, was idle cash considered an indication of bad management or lazy management? Because it meant that… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Terrorism is obviously on everybody's mind. The other day my son says to me, 'Daddy, how come the bad men hate us?' How sad… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you do not… — Laozi Copy Share Image
If I was to ask you tonight if you were saved? Do you say 'Yes, I am saved'. When? 'Oh so and so preached,… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
What is a good man? Simply one whose life is useful to the world. And a bad man is simply one whose life is… — Zhang Zhao Copy Share Image
~I'm strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners… The one thing you've… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
“He never looked at her; and yet, the careful avoidance of his eyes betokened that in some way he knew exactly where, if they… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“As it happens, I’m a terrible dancer. Bears are simply not made for dancing. We’re much better at sitting and sleeping and singing. But… — Doug MacLeod Copy Share Image
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