Alistair Cockburn Quotes & Sayings

I consider C++ the most significant technical hazard to the survival of your project and do so without apologies. — Alistair Cockburn

Agile is an attitude, not a technique with boundaries. An attitude has no boundaries, so we wouldn't ask 'can I use agile here', but rather 'how would I act in the agile way here?' or 'how agile can we be, here?' — Alistair Cockburn

A well-functioning team of adequate people will complete a project almost regardless of the process or technology they are asked to use (although the process and technology may help or hinder them along the way). — Alistair Cockburn

We get things wrong before we get things right. — Alistair Cockburn

Focusing on skills, communications, and community allows the project to be more effective and more agile than focusing on processes and plans. — Alistair Cockburn

We are still in the infancy of naming what is really happening on software development projects. — Alistair Cockburn