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Fred Brooks Quotes: Scientists build to learn; Engineers learn to build.
         

Scientists build to learn; Engineers learn to build.


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

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



How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.

How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.



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

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



Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flowcharts; they'll be obvious.

Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flowcharts; they'll be obvious.



The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial (20-50 percent) chance of introducing another. So the whole process is two steps forward and one step back.

The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial (20-50 percent) chance of introducing another. So the whole process is two steps forward and one step back.



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

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



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

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



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

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



Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later

Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later



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

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





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I offer images-I conjure memories of freedom that can still be reached-like the Doors, right? But we can only open the doors-we can't drag people through.

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