Quote by Tom DeMarco Download Open image ““Rooms without a view are like prisons for the people who have to stay in them.”” — Tom DeMarco ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
I actually cannot stand a room without a view - I would rather have a bedroom the size of a closet with a view… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
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“The way out of a room is not through the door. Just don't want out. And you're free…” — Charles Manson Copy Share Image
“Nobody objected to live in prison if already felt comfortable living in it.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“But it is in the rooms, not the hall, that there are fires and chairs and meals. The hall is a place to wait… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Any difficulties posed by lack of rooms, space or even beds should never be permitted to interfere with the demands of hospitality to family… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The first time I walked through the spacious house, I didn't see possibility or a new start. I saw a big, empty space. These… — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
No guest rooms.” I shake my head resolutely. “I want to be in a room room. A lived-in room. — Lauren Oliver Copy Share
“A hotel is like a prison, he thought. The rooms are cells holding secrets and passions. Then something happens, the smallest thing, and the… — Howard Hunt 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