Laws
by Norman R. Augustine · first published 1986
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Augustine's Laws Like the mythical man month, only not mythical. http://www.amazon.com/Augustines-Chairman-Lockheed-Corporati...
on “Ask HN: are there any "must read" product management books?” ↗Augustine's Laws is always worth a reread as well. [http://www.amazon.com/Augustines-Chairman-Lockheed-Corporati...]
on ““The Mythical Man Month” is still a good read” ↗Curious if you have read Brooks Mythical Man Month (the classic) and/or Augustine's Laws (a personal favorite)?
on “Ask HN: Share with us your experiences from projects you've been involved with” ↗There's a fantastic book called Augustine's Laws where the eponymous author extrapolates trends in defense spending to reach the conclusion that "in the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft." I'm sure Lockheed will give…
on “The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter has failed” ↗There are many other laws, e.g.: Zawinski's Law of Software Development: Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can. Atwood's Law: Any application…
on “‘Laws’ of Software Development” ↗…to your comment I went to the campus library and had a librarian help me search for both books. There's an electronic version of MMM available to us, whereas the other book you mentioned -- Augustine's Laws -- is not available at any of the university libraries in our entire country apparently. I am currently reading MMM. I think it will prove to be valuable even though I don't have time to read it quite…
on “Ask HN: Share with us your experiences from projects you've been involved with” ↗Norman Augustine: Augustine's Laws In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days per week, except for leap year, when it will be…
on “Dark spot under cockpit of A-10s” ↗"Bulls do not win bullfights. People do. People do not win people fights. Lawyers do." -- Norman Augustine, "Augustine's Laws" 1985.
on “CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage” ↗