Tag archive for “Development Process”
“All methodologies are based on fear.”
“People under time pressure don’t think faster.”
“Calling ‘bullshit’ makes things happen. If people expect you will ask them tough questions, and not hesitate to push them hard until you get answers, they will prepare for them before they meet with you. They will not waste your or your teams’ time.”
“Managing is about systems and processes and resources; leading is about achievement and vision.”
“If it wasn’t for the last minute panic, nothing would ever get done.”
“Design without code is just a daydream. Code without design is a nightmare”
“What made oil paint so exciting, when it first became popular in the fifteenth century, was that you could make the finished work from the prototype. You could make a preliminary drawing if you wanted to, but you weren’t held to it; you could work out all the details, and even make major changes as you finished the painting. You can do this with software too. A prototype doesn’t have to be just a model; you can refine it into the finished product. […] It’s good for morale.”
“Don’t keep “trying” solutions until you find one that works. Take the time to find the correct solution.”
“Cringley’s Second Law: Ease of use with equivalent performance varies with the square root of the cost of development. That means that to design a computer that’s ten times easier to use would cost 100 times as much.”
“Agile methods derive much of their agility by relying on the tacit knowledge embodied in the team, rather than writing the knowledge down in plans.”