Control Quote by Tom DeMarco Download Open image “You can't control what you can't measure” — Tom DeMarco ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Control Power
If you can't measure it, you probably can't manage it Things you measure tend to improve. — Ed Seykota Copy Share Image
Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just because you can measure everything doesn't mean that you should. — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure” is a maxim that is taught and believed by many in both the business and education sectors.… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth — W. Edwards Deming 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 thought I fought a really good Orlando Salido. I never let him get into his fight. I knew what I needed to do… — Mikey Garcia Copy Share Image
I started off as a model maker, so the first part of my career was a model maker and then a motion control camera… — John Knoll Copy Share Image
In Congress, Florida Republicans worked with the Trump administration to secure funding for coastal restoration projects following the devastating impacts of Hurricanes Irma and… — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying or getting overly angry or to maintain control. — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
My sister-in-law works for a group that supports orphanages in Cairo. She and her colleagues take care of children left behind by circumstances beyond… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Some nights I'm funny with the between-song commentary, some nights I'm not. I have no control over this. I pace the stage a lot… — David Berman Copy Share Image
“The vision teller tells the vision to unguarded minds' of prey. The programmed.” — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
I've been so lucky with the people I've worked with, but I'm such a fan girl. When I moved to London at 16, I… — Sheridan Smith Copy Share Image
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Parents should have perfect control over their own spirits, and with mildness and yet firmness bend the will of the child until it shall… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Take control of who you report to, what you do, what you create. Or start a business on the side. Deliver some value, any… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
