Gerald Weinberg Quotes

• If you don't care about quality, you can meet any other requirement.

  Gerald Weinberg

  Quality, Care, Requirements

  Gerald M. Weinberg (1993). “Quality Software Management: First-order measurement”, Dorset House

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• No matter what the problem is, it's a people problem.

  Gerald Weinberg

  People, Matter, Problem

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• Experience doesn't necessarily teach anything.

  Gerald Weinberg

  Programming, Teach, Software

  Gerald M. Weinberg (1998). “The Psychology of Computer Programming”, Dorset House

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• The Fundamental Regulator Paradox ... The task of a regulator is to eliminate variation, but this variation is the ultimate source of information about the quality of its work. Therefore, the better the job a regulator does the less information it gets about how to improve.

  Gerald Weinberg

  Jobs, Hard Work, Science

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• Newton was a genius, but not because of the superior computational power of his brain. Newton's genius was, on the contrary, his ability to simplify, idealize, and streamline the world so that it became, in some measure, tractable to the brains of perfectly ordinary men.

  Gerald Weinberg

  Learning, Men, Brain

  Gerald M. Weinberg (2001). “An Introduction to General Systems Thinking”, Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated

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• In 1905, when you went motoring, you took your mechanic. Twenty-five years later, mass production revolutionized the role of the automobile, but buying a Ford wouldn't have made sense if everyone still needed a mechanic on board. In 1955, when you used your computer, you took your programmer. Twenty-five years later, mass production revolutionized the role of the computer, but buying a micro wouldn't have made sense if everyone still needed a programmer.

  Gerald Weinberg

  Years, Twenties, Boards

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• Consultancy can be too short; or too long.

  Gerald Weinberg

  Long, Too Short

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