60 Quotes by Tom DeMarco

Проговорите слова «провал», «неприятие» и «прекращение» (если вы пытаетесь проговорить их, а они у вас невыходят, вы уже заражены и нуждаетесь в профессиональной помощи).

Software is a thought process. To patent it is comparable to patenting induction or deduction.

Now you can make the case that it's driving innovation offshore. If you want to start a new software company that does something imaginative and wonderful, you have every incentive to start that company in Slovenia or China or a place that doesn't have these rules.

If a large company were to obtain thousands of software patents every year, the barrier to entry of new software companies could become insurmountable.

Craziness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result

Computer system analysis is like child-rearing; you can do grievous damage, but you cannot ensure success.

The QSM Software Almanac is an invaluable resource. It establishes a norm for software projects, including best of class, worst of class and averages. In addition, it profiles the state of the art of software construction and enhancement. I wish I'd had this wonderful reference book years ago.

Some of the most flowery praise you hear on the subject of teams is only hypocrisy. Managers learn to talk a good game about teams even when they're secretly threatened by the whole concept.

The fundamental response to change is not logical, but emotional.