October 17, 2005
Random Quotes from "Beyond Chaos"
The other day I noticed on the bookshelf my copy of Beyond Chaos, a collection of essays chosen by Larry Constantine from the Management Forum in Software Development Magazine.
Here are some random quotes:
You have no real control over anybody else. The only person whose behavior you can change is you.
Larry Constantine
I choose to be here.
I will stay as long as working with you meets my needs.
While I am here, I will try to support you.
If I am not getting what I need, I will make a change.
I may change myself in some way.
I may ask you you to change, and will respect and accept your response.
I may choose to change our relationship and stop working with you.
Dale Emery's variation of Fritz Perls's "Gestalt Prayer", quoted by Sue Petersen.
It's fashionable to disdain "process" as the last refuge of uncreative bureaucrats, but every group can find ways to improve the work it performs.
Karl Wiegers
When people are challenged with exaggerated or impossible objectives, they often do not take those challenges seriously.
Johanna Rothman
Full features and functionality can be delivered even under highly restricted time schedules, but only at the price of quality or added cost in development resources.
Larry Constantine
We must always remember that technology is used by people for human ends. Technology in itself solves nothing. Like all tools, it has no soul and cares nothing about how it is used.
Larry Constantine
