Tag archive for “Development Process”
“The cost of adding a feature isn’t just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion.”
“Weeks of programming can save you hours of planning.”
“Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming: Feedback is the treament.”
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming.”
“Requirements are not architecture. Requirements are not design, nor are they the user interface. Requirements are need.”
“There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. ”
Brooks’ Law: “Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.”
“Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.”
“It’s harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the job.”