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Gerald Weinberg Quotes

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

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

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

Gerald Weinberg
People, Matter, Problem

Experience doesn't necessarily teach anything.

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

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

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

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

Consultancy can be too short; or too long.

Gerald Weinberg
Long, Too Short

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