Comments on: Great Quotes For The Agile Project Wall

By: haberler

haberler — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:38:45 +0000

[...] ‘Quotes for Agility’; var dzone_style = ‘1′; Mads B. Westmark and Jesper Rønn-Jensen have some quotes for the agile project wall. The quote below is what Jesper likes [...]

By: Link Degisimi

Link Degisimi — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:20:28 +0000

Interesting quotes, particularly Da Vinci’s. Simplicity certainly is sophisticated :-)

By: רפידות גובה

רפידות גובה — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:09:14 +0000

It should add yes “Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups” Wethern’s Law of Suspended Judgement that I found in the book “Continuous Integration” from Paul Duvall thanks…

By: Tom Gurney

Tom Gurney — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:05:47 +0000

Interesting quotes, particularly Da Vinci’s. Simplicity certainly is sophisticated :-)

By: Grace

Grace — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:47:20 +0000

One of the quotes I hear all the time from work that makes total sense when attacking a problem or project is ” what is the lowest hanging fruit” My boss says it all the time, and it makes sense…

By: Tasarim

Tasarim — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:24:31 +0000

It should add yes “Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups” Wethern’s Law of Suspended Judgement that I found in the book “Continuous Integration” from Paul Duvall thanks…

By: Tobias

Tobias — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:37:35 +0000

I’ve always liked this one from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (author of The Little Prince among other things):

“It seems that perfection is reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

By: Franco Martinig

Franco Martinig — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:15:56 +0000

Thanks for your nice quotes. You could add the following quote:
“No plan survives contact with the enemy” attributed to Helmuth von Moltke that I found in the book “Managing Iterative Software Development Projects” from K. Bittner and I. Spence
“Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups” Wethern’s Law of Suspended Judgement that I found in the book “Continuous Integration” from Paul Duvall

By: Quotes for Agility (software development) | Just Talk About Web

Quotes for Agility (software development) | Just Talk About Web — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:12:24 +0000

[...] ‘Quotes for Agility’; var dzone_style = ’1′; Mads B. Westmark and Jesper Rønn-Jensen have some quotes for the agile project wall. The quote below is what Jesper likes [...]

By: Jesper Rønn-Jensen

Jesper Rønn-Jensen — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:13:43 +0000

Sources for the quotes:
Alan Perlis:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/alan_perlis.html

C. Northcote Parkinson:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/c_northcote_parkinson.html

Franz Kafka:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/franzkafka390020.html

Edsger Dijkstra:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/edsger_dijkstra.html

Dennis Richie:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/d/dennisritc172475.html

Charles Dudley Warner:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/charlesdud133711.html

Bill Gates:
June 7, 2007, Harvard Commencement
(via Presentation Zen)

Leonardo da Vinci:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/l/leonardoda107812.html

Confucius:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/confucius104563.html

Jeff Patton:
Incremental releases (14 MB pdf file), page 54:
www.agileproductdesign.com/downloads/patton_incremental_releases_handouts.pdf