Index Quotes

The following section contains a list of the concepts grouped by knowledge area, for which quotes are available from various source. Just click on the link to jump to the corresponding post with the quotes.

Business Intelligence/Data Analytics

Data Mesh, Decision-making, Graphics, Indicators, Measures/Metrics, Measurement Myths Reporting

Data Management

Data architecture, Data contracts, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Metadata, Numeracy

Data Science

Accuracy, Action, Aggregation, Analogy, Analysis, Analytics, Approximation, Artificial Intelligence, Assumptions, Averages, Bayesian Networks, Bias, Big Data, Black Boxes, Boosting, Causality, Central Limit Theorem, Certainty, Change, Classification, Clustering, Coincidence, Conclusions, Conjecture, Constraints, Common Sense, Complexity, Computation, Consistency, Context, Control, Correlation, Data, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data exploration, Data literacy, Data Mining, Data Models, Data Scientists, Data Storytelling, Data Products, Data Science, Data Visualization, Datasets, Decision-making, Decision theory, Decision Trees, Deduction, Definitions, Dimensionality, Discovery, Domains, Encoding/Decoding, Errors, Errors in Statistics, Estimation, Events, Experience, Facts, Features, Fitting, Forecasting, Fuziness, Generalization, Graphs, Groups, Hypothesis, Hypothesis Testing, Independence, Induction, Inference, Information, Insight, Intuition, Invariance, Iteration Laws, Linearity, Logarithms, Lying with Statistics, Machine Learning, Matching, Measurement, Method, Missing Data, Models, Myths, Noise, Normality, Null Hypothesis, Observation, Optimization, Outliers, Overfitting, Parameters, Patterns, Percentiles & Quantiles, Phenomena, Precision, Prediction, Problems, Principles, Probabilistic Models, Probability, Qualitative vs. Quantitative, Randomness, Regression, Regression toward the mean, Regularities, Regularization, Relations, Sampling, Science, Significance, Simplicity, Simulationsy, Statistical Modeling, Statisticians, Statistics, Statistics', Success, Statistics' Usage Scientific Method, Signals, Standard deviation, Storytelling, Symmetry, Testing, Time Series, There's No Free Lunch, Tools, Training, Transformations, Trust, Uncertainty, Underfitting, Users, Variability, Variables, Variance, Variation, Weights

Data Warehousing

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DBMS

Database (I, II), Database Design, Database Management Systems

Governance

Accountability, Authority, Control, Delegation, Responsibility

Graphical Representation

Aesthetics, Aggregation, Area, Axes, Bar charts, Clutter, Categories, Change, Charts, Colors, Chart, Conclusions, Dashboards, Decision-making Design, Diagramming, Dimensions, Distortion, Extrapolation, Flow charts, Graphics, Grids, Histograms, Indexes, Infographic, Insight, Junk Charts, Labels, Line graphs, Logarithmic charts, Maps, Meaning, (Mis-)interpretation, Numbers, Opportunities, Percentages, Pie charts, Plots, Precision, Presentation, Relations, Scales, Scatter charts, Skewness/Kurtosis, Sparklines, Standards, Tables, Tools, Understanding, Venn diagrams, Zero

Information Security

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IT

Automation, Computers, Computer Science, Computing, Machines Privacy

Knowledge Management

Domains, Information Overload Knowledge

OOP

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Operations Management

Operations Research

Performance Management

Efficiency, Excellence, Learning, Mastery, Measurement, Motivation, Performance, Productivity, Resilience, Skills, Success, Teams, Teams [Sports], Training

Process Management

Business Processes, Process Reengineering World Wide Web,

Project Management

Estimation, Laws, Project Failure, Project Management (I, II), Quality Risk, Success

Quality Management

Quality

Software Engineering

Agile Methods, Annotations, Architecture, Assumptions, Bugs, Changes, Classes, Collaboration, Components, Conceptual Models, Cohesion, Control, Costs, Coupling, Data migration, Data structures, Decision-Making, Design, Design Pattern, DevOps, Diagramming, Documentation, Domains, Encapsulatoin Engineering, eXtreme Programming, Failure, Features, Heuristic, Implementation, Inheritance, Innovation, Integration, Iterative Development, Maintenance, Laws, Methodology, Models, Modularity, Myths, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Patterns, Perfection, Problem solving, Programing, Programing Languages, Programming mistakes, Programmers, Prototyping, Quality, Quality Assurance, Refactoring, Requirements specification , Resources, Risks, Simplicity vs Complexity, Software, Software Deployment, Software Development, Software Engineering, Software Maintenance, Standards, Structure, Success, Testing, Tools, User stories, Users

Strategic Management

Action, Cause   Effect , Communication, Competitive Advantage, Culture, Customers, Decision Making, Decision Trees, Decision-Making, , Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Engineering, Feedback Governance, Goals, Information, Integration, Key results, Leadership, Leadership vs. Management, Management, Managers, Mission, Objectives, Opportunity, Outputs, Policy, Principles, Problems, Recursion, Risk, Standards, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Strategy, Success, Tactics, The Art of War, Trust, Values, Vision

Systems Engineering

Action, Attractors, Behavior, Causality, Change, Coherence, Communication theory, Complex Systems, Complexity, Control, Cybernetics, Design Patterns, Ecology, Emergence, Entropy, Environment, Equilibrium, Exponential Growth, Failure, Feedback, Feedback Loop, Features, Feedback, Goals, Information Processing, Information Theory, Issues, Methodology, Nonlinearity, Optimization, Parameters, Perturbation, Prediction, Problem solving, Processes, Randomness, Self-Organization, Sensitivity, Simplicity, Stability, Storytelling, Structure, Success, Symmetry, Synergy, Systems Engineering, Systems Theory, Systems Thinking, Tools

Authors

A Stafford Beer, Abraham Kaplan, Alan J Perlis, Alan M Turing, Albert Einstein, Alberto Cairo, Alistair Cockburn, Amit Ray, Andrew S Grove, Boris Beizer, Bruce Henderson, C Anthony R Hoare, C West Churchman, Cathy O'Neil, Carl von Clausewitz, Carlos Gershenson, Charles A R Hoare, Chester I Barnard, Dale E Zand, Daniel J Levitin, Darell Huff, David S Salsburg, Donald E Knuth, Donald J Wheeler, Donella H Meadows, Douglas McGregor, Edsger W Dijkstra, Edward R Tufte, Edward Yourdon, Ely Devons, Ernest Dale, Foster Provost, Frederick Mosteller, Frederick P Brooks, Fritjof Capra, George B Dantzig, George Siemens, Grady Booch, Harold Geneen, Henry Mintzberg, Herbert A Simon, Ian Sommerville, Jacques Bertin, James D Mooney, James L Hayes, James Surowiecki, Joel Best, Joel Katz, John D Kelleher, John D Sterman, John H Holland, John Naisbitt, Joseph M Juran, Joseph Weizenbaum, Judea Pearl, Karl E Weick, Kenichi Ohmae, Kenneth E Boulding, Kenneth E Iverson, Kent Beck, Kevin Kelly, Lawrence K Samuels, Malcolm Gladwell, Margaret Y Chu, Martin Fowler, Matthew Kirk, Marvin Minsky, Michael E Porter, Michael M Hammer, Nathan Yau, Pedro Domingos, Paul Cilliers, Peter Coad, Peter F Drucker, Peter M Senge, Philip Kotler, Ray Kurzweil, Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Richard L Daft, Richard Rumelt, Richard W Hamming, Robert C Martin, Robert Grant, Robert Heller, Robert S Kaplan, Ronald A Fisher, Russell L Ackoff, Stephen Covey, Stephen Few, Stephen G Haines, Steve C McConnell, Tim Berners-Lee, Tom DeMarco, Warren G Bennis