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Type: Book excerpt / evidence exhibit
File Size: 1.76 MB
Summary

This document appears to be a page (270) from a book titled 'Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?' found within a House Oversight evidence file (Bates stamped 015960). The text is a philosophical discussion on software engineering, focusing on the balance between 'process' and creativity/productivity, dealing with scope creep, and referencing Microsoft Excel, Brooks (likely Fred Brooks), and John Cleese.

People (2)

Name Role Context
John Cleese Speaker/Actor
Referenced as giving an excellent TED lecture on the creative process.
Brooks Author/Software Engineer
Referenced regarding 'accidental creep' vs 'essential creep' (likely Fred Brooks).

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
Microsoft
Mentioned in relation to Excel software.
TED
Mentioned in relation to a lecture by John Cleese.
House Oversight Committee
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.

Timeline (1 events)

TED lecture by John Cleese
TED Conference

Key Quotes (3)

"The first thing to realize is process does not write software and every moment spent on process is a moment not writing software."
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"Excessive process can bring the productivity of the average programmer down from a thousand lines per day to one."
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"The most important job of process, in my view, is to keep track of scope."
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