Watts Humphrey quotes

Watts Humphrey quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Innovation is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form.”
-- Watts Humphrey

Source : Watts S. Humphrey (1997). “Managing Technical People: Innovation, Teamwork, and the Software Process”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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“Unplanned process improvement is wishful thinking.”
-- Watts Humphrey

Source : Watts S. Humphrey (1989). “Managing the Software Process”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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“One principle problem of educating software engineers is that they will not use a new method until they believe it works and, more importantly, that they will not believe the method will work until they see it for themselves.”
-- Watts Humphrey

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“If you don t know where you are, a map won't help.”
-- Watts Humphrey

Source : Watts S. Humphrey (1989). “Managing the Software Process”, Addison-Wesley Professional

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