“Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor.”

Agile methods derive much of their agility by relying on the tacit knowledge embodied in the team, rather than writing the knowleadge down in plans.

Stop the life cycle-I want to get off!

Software engineering economics.

If a project has not achieved a system architecture, including its rationale, the project should not proceed to full-scale system development. Specifying the architecture as a deliverable enables its use throughout the development and maintenance process.

Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor. Particularly on large projects, each of the following mismanagement actions has often been responsible for doubling software development costs.

About 90 percent of the downtime comes from, at most, 10 percent of the defects.

Negotiation builds a team as well as a set of requirements.

For me it’s more important to look at each constituency individually and find a community

No one man is superior to the game.

Set goals – high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.

None of us is as smart as all of us.

In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.

Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.