F Terry Baker quotes

F. Terry Baker. (circa 1950 - ). American computer scientist.

Code Library

“The most important of these is a development support library which encourages the visibility and manageability of the product, as well as reduces clerical effort on the part of the programmers. The library is typically maintained and operated by a programming librarian who serves to control the programming assets and to provide the necessary services for both programmers and management. As a result of its use, the entire project is maintained in a centralized, up-to-date, visible form which makes its status immediately apparent to code-competent software managers and makes it possible for programmers to answer their questions directly without relying on others.”

• Source: Baker, F. T. (1975). Software Management Through Improved Programming Technology. ACM ’75: Proceedings of the 1975 Annual Conference, 286–287. https://doi.org/10.1145/800181.810346

• See Also:
  • F_Terry_Baker_quotes
  • F_Terry_Baker_quotes/Code_Library

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Program Ownership

“A program or program system is a group product and should be produced in a way which allows and encourages maximum knowledge of it by each person involved. Furthermore, the management responsible for its development should be able to determine its status directly and not depend on the programmer's description of his progress on an 'invisible product'.”

• Source: Baker, F. T. (1975). Software Management Through Improved Programming Technology. ACM ’75: Proceedings of the 1975 Annual Conference, 286–287. https://doi.org/10.1145/800181.810346

• See Also:
  • F_Terry_Baker_quotes
  • F_Terry_Baker_quotes/Program_Ownership

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Keywords: Programming_quotes Library_quotes Source_Code_quotes Management_quotes Software_Management_quotes Program_quotes System_quotes Group_quotes Product_quotes Produce_quotes Allow_quotes Encourage_quotes Maximum_quotes Knowledge_quotes Person_quotes Involve_quotes Responsible_quotes Development_quotes Ability_quotes Determine_quotes Status_quotes Direct_quotes Depend_quotes Description_quotes Progress_quotes Invisible_quotes

Programmer Clerks

“...programmers typically get less programming done than they could because they do a great deal of clerical work directly.”

• Source: Baker, F. T. (1975). Software Management Through Improved Programming Technology. ACM ’75: Proceedings of the 1975 Annual Conference, 286–287. https://doi.org/10.1145/800181.810346

• See Also:
  • F_Terry_Baker_quotes
  • F_Terry_Baker_quotes/Programmer_Clerks

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Keywords: Programming_quotes Productivity_quotes Programmer_quotes Typical_quotes Clerical_quotes Work_quotes Direct_quotes

Programmer Management

“With each programmer doing his own work in his own way, managers are so busy just trying to find out what's going on and why things don't fit together, that they don't have any opportunity to improve quality and reliability.”

• Source: Baker, F. T. (1975). Software Management Through Improved Programming Technology. ACM ’75: Proceedings of the 1975 Annual Conference, 286–287. https://doi.org/10.1145/800181.810346

• See Also:
  • F_Terry_Baker_quotes
  • F_Terry_Baker_quotes/Programmer_Management

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Keywords: Programming_quotes Software_Management_quotes Programmer_quotes Work_quotes Manager_quotes Improve_quotes Technology_quotes

Software Management Support

“While the components of the methodology are relatively easy to learn and apply, they are most successful when the management of the organization understands and encourages the process.”

• Source: Baker, F. T. (1975). Software Management Through Improved Programming Technology. ACM ’75: Proceedings of the 1975 Annual Conference, 286–287. https://doi.org/10.1145/800181.810346

• See Also:
  • F_Terry_Baker_quotes
  • F_Terry_Baker_quotes/Software_Management_Support

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Keywords: Programming_quotes Software_Management_quotes Methodology_quotes Management_quotes Component_quotes Relative_quotes Easy_quotes Learning_quotes Apply_quotes Success_quotes Organization_quotes Understanding_quotes Encourage_quotes Process_quotes

Thinking Versus Coding Errors

“In short, it is the thinking errors, more than the coding errors, which limit programming productivity.”

• Source: Baker, F. T., & Mills, H. D. (1973). Chief Programming Teams. Datamation, 19(12). Retrieved from http://athena.ecs.csus.edu/~buckley/CSc231_files/Chief_Programmer_Teams.pdf

• See Also:
  • F_Terry_Baker_quotes
  • Harlan_D_Mills_quotes
  • Baker_and_Mills_quotes/Thinking_versus_Coding

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Keywords: Programming_quotes Thinking_quotes Productivity_quotes Error_quotes Debugging_quotes Short_quotes Coding_quotes Limitation_quotes