Quote: before writing code, it is good to plan the process, its successive stages, and the corresponding relationships [»goldHH_1948]

Quote: the larger the program, the more attention its design requires [»joneTC4_1979]

Quote: even though there is not a rational way to design software, we can fake one; i.e., present a system as if it were designed rationally [»parnDL2_1986]

Quote: while we view natural systems as self-regulating, we think that artificial systems require a designer [»simoHA_1981]

Quote: software is not fractal; high-level design is qualitatively different from low-level design; e.g., system architecture, abstract data type, and implementation [»guttJV_2002]

Quote: users must participate in the design of a building, otherwise the building will not fit the users' needs [»alexC_1975]

Quote: the purpose of design is to communicate an idea to others, not to a computer [»cainSH_1975]

Quote: program design is a social activity where designs are developed through presentation and discussions; e.g., discuss design and implementation alternatives [»stroB_1991]

Quote: often, the most important design tool is a blackboard; for developing and sharing embryonic concepts

Quote: in design fields such as architecture, the rough sketch is heavily used; detailed drawings seldom occur before the creative work is finished [»weinGM_1982]

Quote: record abandoned plans and designs; helps transfer the project plan to the design team; helps avoid misdirected, low-level design decisions [»colwRP_2006]

Quote: a design should be well structured, simple, efficient, adequate, flexible, practical, implementable, and standardized [»parnDL8_1985]

Quote: both design and implementation are interleaved in a real project. Design is usually re-design from the previous design, experience, and constraints [»stroB_1991]

Quote: design and development are a series of decisions; effect later decisions [»parnDL8_1971]

Quote: identify questions first to avoid being satisfied with the easy answers [»hoffDM_2001]

Quote: require data for resolving design issues; establish a data-driven culture; data forces the right questions [»colwRP_2006]

Quote: divide a complex task into simpler subtasks; specify purpose of each subtask; define efficient, precise interfaces between the subtasks

Quote: programming must balance machine time, storage space, programmer's time, and result accuracy; they all cost something [»turiA3_1951]

Quote: despite using a strong, centrally enforced methodology, there was no convergence of design concepts between separate implementations of the same specification [»demaT5_1989]

Quote: because software has few physical restrictions many design decisions resist objective analysis [»fowlM11_2001]

Quote: system designers and programmers need to understand program memory management; vast difference in performance [»hoarCA_1971]

Quote: be careful of functions in low-level subsystems; every application will pay for it; limited information to do job efficiently [»saltJH11_1984]

Quote: think about performance during design; pervasive architectural flaws can limit performance forever; changing a design later can produce an ill-structured sytsem [»blocJ_2001]

Quote: all operating system resources must be accounted for [»shapJS1_2002]

Quote: SCV analysis -- establish Scope of the objects, exploit Commonalities; bound and accommodate Variability's [»coplJ11_1998]

Quote: each part of a design should serve several functions [»knutDE_1977, OK]

Quote: a good design is made of building blocks which are separately testable [»postRM5_1987]

Quote: stage six of CADES structural modeling is formal definitions of each holon

Quote: Cleanroom designs are constructed by decomposing a specified function into control structures and subspecifications; never bottom-up [»lingRC10_1988]

Quote: a Cleanroom objective was simplifying designs; sometimes achieved a five-fold reduction in size [»lingRC10_1988]

Quote: problem solving by lexical (continuous->discrete), parsing (atoms->structure), modeling (structure->meaning), analysis (meaning->action) [»rossDT_1967]

Quote: should over-design when the answer is unknown; a quarter of all bridges built in the 1870s collapsed within ten years [»bentJ3_1984]

Quote: the Brooklyn bridge is six times stiffer than necessary since aerodynamic lift was not understood [»bentJ3_1984]

Quote: the trade-off in structural engineering is been sufficient safety and economy [»abraP12_1986]

Quote: in designing a system, allow some unreliability to occur; perfection is too expensive [»akscRM5_1984]

Quote: constant tension between improving a design and providing stability and continuity [»lampBW10_1983]

Quote: handle normal and worst case separately; the normal case is fast and the worst case makes progress [»lampBW10_1983]

Quote: use iContract for design-by-contract; easy to use [»jazeJM7_2001]

Quote: functional design of software leads to brittle systems that can not change easily [»boocG_1999]

Quote: the hardest part of building software is deciding what to build; the client does not know what he wants [»brooFP_1986]

Quote: human judgment in computer program design is invariably and seriously optimistic

Quote: software design is subject to wide interpretation; involve the customer in a formal way before final delivery [»roycWW8_1970]