Capers Jones quotes
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“There are thousands of ways to mess up or damage a software projects, and only a few ways to do them well”
-- Capers JonesSource : Capers Jones (2008). “Applied Software Measurement: Global Analysis of Productivity and Quality”, p.292, McGraw Hill Professional
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“Perhaps the worst software technology of all time was the use of physical lines of code [for metrics]. Continued use of this approach, in the author's opinion, should be considered professional malpractice.”
-- Capers JonesSource : Capers Jones (1997). “Applied Software Measurement: Assuring Productivity and Quality”, McGraw-Hill Companies
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“The use of lines of code metrics for productivity and quality studies [is] to be regarded as professional malpractice starting in 1995.”
-- Capers JonesSource : Capers Jones (1994). “Assessment and Control of Software Risks”, Prentice Hall
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“High-quality software is not expensive. High-quality software is faster and cheaper to build and maintain than low-quality software, from initial development all the way through total cost of ownership.”
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“Excessive or irrational schedules are probably the single most destructive influence in all of software”
-- Capers JonesSource : Capers Jones (2008). “Applied Software Measurement: Global Analysis of Productivity and Quality”, p.403, McGraw Hill Professional
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“The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.”
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“Those watercolourists who work from light to dark know that the darks do the damage.”
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“Perfect clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will.”
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“I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project.”
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