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181 " Appearance is stressed far too much in workplace design. What is more relevant is whether the workplace lets you work or inhibits you. "
― Tom DeMarco , Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
182 " What chaos is left in modern society is a precious commodity. "
― Tom DeMarco
183 " There is probably no job on earth for which an ability to believe six impossible things before breakfast is more of a requirement than software project management. "
― Tom DeMarco , Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects
184 " Fisher’s fundamental theorem: “The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the less adaptable it is to any new change.” Fisher’s example was the giraffe. It is highly adapted to food found up among the tree branches, but so unadaptable to a new situation that it can not even pick up a peanut from the ground at the zoo. The more optimized an organism (organization) is, the more likely that the slack necessary to help it become more effective has been eliminated. "
― Tom DeMarco , Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
185 " The missed schedule indicts the planners, not the workers. Even if the workers are utterly incompetent, a plan that takes careful note of their inadequacies can help to minimize the damage. A plan that takes no account of realities is not just useless but dangerous. "
186 " their main role is that of a catalyst, not a director. They make it possible for the magic to happen. "
187 " Any so-called training experience that lacks the slow-down characteristic is an exercise in nonlearning. "