What we are looking for is managers who are awake enough to alter the world as they find it, to make it harmonize with what they and their people are trying to accomplish.
Tom DeMarcoGet the right people. Then no matter what all else you might do wrong after that, the people will save you. That's what management is all about.
Tom DeMarcoComputer system analysis is like child-rearing; you can do grievous damage, but you cannot ensure success.
Tom DeMarco