Fred Brooks Quotes

Powerful Fred Brooks for Daily Growth

There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.

- Fred Brooks

Development, Decade, Which, Promises

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

- Fred Brooks

Behind, Schedule, How, One Day At A Time

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

- Fred Brooks

Late, Year, How, One Day At A Time

Systematically identity top designers as early as possible. The best are often not the most experienced.

- Fred Brooks

Top, Most, Designers, Experienced

The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another.

- Fred Brooks

Problem, Defect, Fixing, Substantial

Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

- Fred Brooks

Software, Late, Later, Adding

Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment.

- Fred Brooks

Experience, Bad, Judgment, Good Judgment

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