“The critical thing about the design process is to identify your scarcest resource. Despite what you may think, that very often is not money. For example, in a NASA moon shot, money is abundant but lightness is scarce; every ounce of weight requires tons of material below. On the design of a beach vacation home, the limitation may be your ocean-front footage. You have to make sure your whole team understands what scarce resource you're optimizing.”
Quote by Fred Brooks
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Fred Brooks
Fred Brooks is an American software engineer born in April 1931. He has had a profound impact on the field of software engineering, particularly through his work on the classic book 'The Mythical Man-Month'. During his tenure at IBM, Brooks led the development of the IBM System/360 operating system, a project that was one of the most successful in IBM's history. His contributions to software engineering principles, such as the 'No Silver Bullet' theory, have provided deep insights into the nature and complexity of software development. more
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