Tom DeMarco

Quotes

• “The business of software building isn’t really high-tech at all. It’s most of all a business of talking to each other and writing things down. Those who were making major contributions to the field were more likely to be its best communicators than its best technicians.”

• “It’s not what you don’t know that kills you but what you know that isn’t so.”

• “People under pressure don’t work better; they just work faster.”

• “Quality is free, but only to those who are willing to pay heavily for it.”

• “The manager’s function is not to make people work, but to make it possible for people to work.”

Books by Tom DeMarco in order

Books by Tom DeMarco in the order they were published, from Structured Analysis and System Specification (1978) to Dark Harbor House (2013).

1. 1Structured Analysis and System SpecificationStructured Analysis and System Specification1978
2. 2Concise Notes in Software EngineeringConcise Notes in Software Engineering1979
3. 3Concise Notes on Software EngineeringConcise Notes on Software Engineering1979
4. 4Controlling Software ProjectsControlling Software Projects1982
5. 5PeoplewarePeopleware1987
6. 6Software State-of-the-artSoftware State-of-the-art1990
7. 7Why Does Software Cost so Much?Why Does Software Cost so Much?1995
8. 8The DeadlineThe Deadline1997
9. 9SlackSlack2002
10. 10Lieutenant America and Miss Apple PieLieutenant America and Miss Apple Pie2003
11. 11Waltzing With BearsWaltzing With Bears2003
12. 12Adrenaline Junkies and Template ZombiesAdrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies2008
13. 13Dark Harbor HouseDark Harbor House2013