Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. Quotes

"Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later."
- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
(Related: Project, Software)

"How does a project get to be a year late? One day at a time."
- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
(Related: Time, Day, Project)

"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."
- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
(Related: Technology, Development, Management, Improvement, Order, Productivity, Promises, Simplicity)

"The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another."
- Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
(Related: Chance)