# Peopleware ## Metadata * Author: [Tom DeMarco and Timothy R. Lister](https://www.amazon.comundefined) * ASIN: B003I84OIU * Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003I84OIU * [Kindle link](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B003I84OIU) ## Highlights Parkinson’s Law almost certainly doesn’t apply to your people. — location: [383](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B003I84OIU&location=383) ^ref-54032 Hell yeah. --- Your marketplace, your product consumers, your clients, and your upper management are never going to make the case for high quality. Extraordinary quality doesn’t make good short-term economic sense. When team members develop a cult of quality, they always turn out something that’s better than what their market is asking for. They can do this, but only when protected from short-term economics. In the long run, this always pays off. People get high on quality and out-do themselves to protect it. — location: [2275](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B003I84OIU&location=2275) ^ref-55790 Word. ---