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The most unsuccessful three years in the education of cost estimators appears to be fifth-grade arithmetic.
Norman Ralph Augustine
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Norman Ralph Augustine
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: July 27
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Denver
Colorado
Norman R. Augustine
Norman Augustine
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For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.
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Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.
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Law Number V: One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output.
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People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.
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By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions.
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Law Number XXXII: Hiring consultants to conduct studies can be an excellent means of turning problems into gold, your problems into their gold.
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Law Number XXIX: Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their jobs only about five years. Those who produce effective results hang on about half a decade.
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By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more government workers than there are workers.
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
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