Quotes by Steve McConnell

Steve McConnell

It’s better to wait for a productive programmer to become available than it is to wait for the first available programmer to become productive.

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Firsts

Waiting

It’s hard enough to find an error in your code when you’re looking for it; it’s even harder when you’ve assumed your code is error-free.

Coders

Errors

Funny Inspirational

It’s OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn’t need to figure out code. You should be able to read it.

Able

Murder Mysteries

Needs

Motivation is undoubtedly the single greatest influence on how well people perform. Most productivity studies have found that motivation has a stronger influence on productivity than any other factor.

Motivation

People

Stronger

Software projects fail for one of two general reasons: the project team lacks the knowledge to conduct a software project successfully, or the project team lacks the resolve to conduct a project effectively.

Failing

Teamwork

Two

Testing by itself does not improve software quality. Test results are an indicator of quality, but in and of themselves, they don’t improve it. Trying to improve software quality by increasing the amount of testing is like trying to lose weight by weighing yourself more often. What you eat before you step onto the scale determines how much you will weigh, and the software development techniques you use determine how many errors testing will find. If you want to lose weight, don’t buy a new scale; change your diet. If you want to improve your software, don’t test more; develop better.

Code Quality

Errors

Simplicity

The default movement on a software project should be in the direction of taking elements of the software away to make it simpler rather than adding elements to make it more complex.

Elements

Movement

Simplicity

The job of the average manager requires a shift in focus every few minutes. The job of the average software developer requires that the developer not shift focus more often than every few hours.

Average

Jobs

Teamwork

There are no secrets on an successful software project. Both good and bad news must be able to move up and down the ptoject hierarchy without restriction.

Moving

Secret

Successful

Trying to apply formal methods to all software projects is just as bad as trying to apply code-and-fix development to all projects.

Development

Projects

Trying

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Able

Add

Air

Average

Code Quality

Coders

Computer

Computer Language

Development

Documentation

Elements

Ends

Engineering

Errors

Failing

Firsts

Fun

Funny Inspirational

Guarantees

Hard Work

Heuristics

Jobs

Language

Logical

Mistake

Motivation

Movement

Moving

Murder Mysteries

Needs

Opportunity

People

Principles

Program

Projects

Secret

Simplicity

Strong

Stronger

Successful

Teamwork

Technology

Three

Together

Trying

Two

Upset

Waiting

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Quotes by Steve McConnell

Steve McConnell

It’s better to wait for a productive programmer to become available than it is to wait for the first available programmer to become productive.

It’s hard enough to find an error in your code when you’re looking for it; it’s even harder when you’ve assumed your code is error-free.

It’s OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn’t need to figure out code. You should be able to read it.

Motivation is undoubtedly the single greatest influence on how well people perform. Most productivity studies have found that motivation has a stronger influence on productivity than any other factor.

Software projects fail for one of two general reasons: the project team lacks the knowledge to conduct a software project successfully, or the project team lacks the resolve to conduct a project effectively.

The default movement on a software project should be in the direction of taking elements of the software away to make it simpler rather than adding elements to make it more complex.

The job of the average manager requires a shift in focus every few minutes. The job of the average software developer requires that the developer not shift focus more often than every few hours.

There are no secrets on an successful software project. Both good and bad news must be able to move up and down the ptoject hierarchy without restriction.

Trying to apply formal methods to all software projects is just as bad as trying to apply code-and-fix development to all projects.

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