Nine software development aphorisms (that are sometimes true)

  • Beneficial change results from cycles of learning, doing and self-reflection.
  • Success derives from delivering small things of value regularly and often.
  • A discreet piece of work is either done or it is not done.
  • Better to risk a bad decision than make no decision at all.
  • The wisest decision is made just before it can be most efficiently acted upon and no earlier.
  • Most features will receive little or no use. 60% of what you want is better than 100%.
  • Plans document one scenario that will not happen and describe some other application than the one that was built.
  • On time and on budget are not synonyms for success.
  • In human endeavor, every enlightening truth contains a lie. The road to hell is paved with…