{"id":1321,"date":"2010-01-09T01:30:54","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T06:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/judykat.com\/ken\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2010-01-09T01:30:54","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T06:30:54","slug":"nine-software-development-aphorisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judykat.com\/ken-judy\/nine-software-development-aphorisms\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine software development aphorisms (that are sometimes true)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;text-align:center;pading-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luc_viatour\/4247957432\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"spider-Web-Luc_Viatour\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4061\/4247957432_62ff8166fd_m.jpg\" title=\"spider-Web-Luc_Viatour\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div xmlns:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" about=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luc_viatour\/4247957432\/\" style=\"font-size:8px;\"><a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luc_viatour\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luc_viatour\/<\/a> \/ <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Beneficial change results from cycles of learning, doing and self-reflection.<\/li>\n<li>Success derives from delivering small things of value regularly and often.<\/li>\n<li>A discreet piece of work is either done or it is not done.<\/li>\n<li>Better to risk a bad decision than make no decision at all.<\/li>\n<li>The wisest decision is made just before it can be most efficiently acted upon and no earlier.<\/li>\n<li>Most features will receive little or no use. 60% of what you want is better than 100%.<\/li>\n<li>Plans document one scenario that will not happen and describe some other application than the one that was built.<\/li>\n<li>On time and on budget are not synonyms for success.<\/li>\n<li value=\"9.5\">In human endeavor, every enlightening truth contains a lie. 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