"Even when you have skilled, motivated, hard-working people, the wrong team structure can undercut their efforts instead of catapulting them to success. A poor team structure can increase development time, reduce quality, damage morale, increase turnover, and ultimately lead to project cancellation."

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Source : Steve McConnell (1996). “Rapid Development”, p.297, Microsoft Press

Steve McConnell

#Teamwork Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #People Quotes

“Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow.”
“I don't think any of us are normal people.”

Source : "Wes Anderson: 'I don't think any of us are normal people'". Interview with Francesca Babb, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2012.
“I've done more for the 9/11 families, by their own admission, I've done more for them than you will ever hope to do so you keep your mouth shut.”
“Character is what a man is in the dark.”
“They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.”
“Women-in-jeopardy movies are, in essence, the updated versions of men dying to save the princess from the dragon to earn her love. They are modern-day training films for teaching women to select the best protectors while weeding out the rest.”
“The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.”
“Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.”

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