Fred Brooks Quotes

…the organization chart will initially reflect the first system design, which is almost surely not the right one … as one learns, he changes the design …. Management structures also need to be changed as the system changes…

Fred Brooks

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• …the organization chart will initially reflect the first system design, which is almost surely not the right one … as one learns, he changes the design …. Management structures also need to be changed as the system changes…

  

  Fred Brooks
  • Design
  • Organization
  • Management