Jim Highsmith famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The best way to get a project done faster is to start sooner
-- Jim Highsmith

#Done #Way #Projects
Documentation is not understanding, process is not discipline, formality is not skill.
-- Jim Highsmith

#Skills #Discipline #Understanding
Agility is the ability to adapt and respond to change â€¦ agile organizations view change as an opportunity, not a threat.
-- Jim Highsmith

#Opportunity #Views #Organization
The greatest risk we face in software development is that of overestimating our own knowledge.
-- Jim Highsmith

#Risk #Development #Faces
Simple rules guide innovative, intelligent responses. Comprehensive rules guide rote, routine responses.
-- Jim Highsmith

#Intelligent #Simple #Routine
Peel back the facade of rigorous methodology projects and ask why the project was successful, and the answer is people.
-- Jim Highsmith

#Successful #People #Answers
If you find that your organization can't make the hard decisions that Scrum demands, then high-risk, uncertain projects have very little probability of success in your organization.
-- Jim Highsmith

#Organization #Decision #Risk
If you have unskilled people who work poorly together, no amount of process will save your projects.
-- Jim Highsmith

#People #Together #Projects
Process is not a substitute for skill.
-- Jim Highsmith

#Skills #Process #Substitutes
A methodology's weight is a product of its size and ceremony.
-- Jim Highsmith

#Weight #Size #Methodology

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