Time Bombs

Ran across this quote recently, thought you might enjoy it:

“Don’t call your defects ‘bugs’. Call them ‘time bombs’ instead.”
- Watts S. Humphrey

From Wikipedia: “Watts S. Humphrey (born 1927) is an American software engineer, key thinker in the discipline of software engineering, and is often called the father of software quality.”

He has a recent book out that looks like it could be good, Reflections on Management: How to Manage Your Software Projects, Your Teams, Your Boss, and Yourself.  Has anyone read it?

[via @jurgenappelo]

“Don’t call your defects ‘bugs’. Call them ‘time bombs’ instead.” – Watts S. Humphrey

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One comment

  1. Sarah
    June 2, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    But don’t you think it would be a good idea to have a general vision for how all those pieces will fit together for overall flow?