Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. ↗

— Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

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

— Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

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

— Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

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

— Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

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