Fred Brooks Quotes

Job Control Language is the worst programming language ever designed anywhere by Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Job Control Language is the worst programming language ever designed anywhere by

— Fred Brooks

I am more convinced than ever. Conceptual integrity is central to product quality. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

I am more convinced than ever. Conceptual integrity is central to product quality.

— Fred Brooks

Systems program building is an entropy-decreasing process, hence inherently metastable. Program maintenance Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Systems program building is an entropy-decreasing process, hence inherently metastable. Program maintenance

— Fred Brooks

Nine people can’t make a baby in a month. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Nine people can’t make a baby in a month.

— Fred Brooks

Improving your process won’t move you from good to great design. It’ll Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Improving your process won’t move you from good to great design. It’ll

— Fred Brooks

When a task cannot be partitioned because of sequential constraints, the application Fred Brooks Picture Quote

When a task cannot be partitioned because of sequential constraints, the application

— Fred Brooks

The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one.

— Fred Brooks

The essence of a software entity is a construct of interlocking concepts: […] Fred Brooks Picture Quote

The essence of a software entity is a construct of interlocking concepts: […]

— Fred Brooks

The management question, therefore, is not whether to build a pilot system Fred Brooks Picture Quote

The management question, therefore, is not whether to build a pilot system

— Fred Brooks

I have never seen an experienced programmer who routinely made detailed flow Fred Brooks Picture Quote

I have never seen an experienced programmer who routinely made detailed flow

— Fred Brooks

The first step toward the management of disease was replacement of demon Fred Brooks Picture Quote

The first step toward the management of disease was replacement of demon

— Fred Brooks

To only a fraction of the human race does God give the Fred Brooks Picture Quote

To only a fraction of the human race does God give the

— Fred Brooks

It is very difficult to make a vigorous, plausible, and job-risking defense Fred Brooks Picture Quote

It is very difficult to make a vigorous, plausible, and job-risking defense

— Fred Brooks

Observe that for the programmer, as for the chef, the urgency of Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Observe that for the programmer, as for the chef, the urgency of

— Fred Brooks

Present to inform, not to impress. If you inform, you will impress. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Present to inform, not to impress. If you inform, you will impress.

— Fred Brooks

A design style is defined by a set of microdecisions. A clear Fred Brooks Picture Quote

A design style is defined by a set of microdecisions. A clear

— Fred Brooks

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

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

— Fred Brooks

A scientist builds in order to learn; an engineer learns in order to build. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

A scientist builds in order to learn; an engineer learns in order to build.

— Fred Brooks

Software work is the most complex that humanity has ever undertaken. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Software work is the most complex that humanity has ever undertaken.

— Fred Brooks

Dissertations are not finished; they are abandoned. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Dissertations are not finished; they are abandoned.

— Fred Brooks

Even the best planning is not so omniscient as to get it right the first time. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Even the best planning is not so omniscient as to get it right the first time.

— Fred Brooks

The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has Fred Brooks Picture Quote

The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has

— Fred Brooks

System debugging, like astronomy, has always been done chiefly at night. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

System debugging, like astronomy, has always been done chiefly at night.

— Fred Brooks

The Waterfall Model is wrong and harmful; we must outgrow it. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

The Waterfall Model is wrong and harmful; we must outgrow it.

— Fred Brooks

Software and hardware design is less different than software designers think, but Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Software and hardware design is less different than software designers think, but

— Fred Brooks

Product procedure…must securely protect the crown jewels, but, equally important, it Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Product procedure…must securely protect the crown jewels, but, equally important, it

— Fred Brooks

The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time.

— Fred Brooks

Plan to throw one (implementation) away; you will, anyhow. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Plan to throw one (implementation) away; you will, anyhow.

— Fred Brooks

Mediocre design provably wastes the world’s resources, corrupts the environment, affects international Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Mediocre design provably wastes the world’s resources, corrupts the environment, affects international

— Fred Brooks

System debugging has always been a graveyard-shift occupation, like astronomy. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

System debugging has always been a graveyard-shift occupation, like astronomy.

— Fred Brooks

Conceptual integrity is the most important consideration in system design. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Conceptual integrity is the most important consideration in system design.

— Fred Brooks

Well over half of the time you spend working on a project ( Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Well over half of the time you spend working on a project (

— Fred Brooks

The programmer’s primary weapon in the never-ending battle against slow system is Fred Brooks Picture Quote

The programmer’s primary weapon in the never-ending battle against slow system is

— Fred Brooks

Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue

— Fred Brooks

One can expect the human race to continue attempting systems just within Fred Brooks Picture Quote

One can expect the human race to continue attempting systems just within

— Fred Brooks

…when fits of creativity run strong, more than one programmer or writer Fred Brooks Picture Quote

…when fits of creativity run strong, more than one programmer or writer

— Fred Brooks

Men and months are interchangeable commodities only when a task can be Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Men and months are interchangeable commodities only when a task can be

— Fred Brooks

We tend to blame the physical media for most of our implementation Fred Brooks Picture Quote

We tend to blame the physical media for most of our implementation

— Fred Brooks

Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult Fred Brooks Picture Quote

Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult

— Fred Brooks

A computer program is a message from a man to a machine. Fred Brooks Picture Quote

A computer program is a message from a man to a machine.

— Fred Brooks

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