''I'd like a page with SoftwareDevelopmentAphorisms. Even when exposing a narrow point of view, or an oversimplification, aphorisms are often thought provoking. Of course, apart from improving their style, we should leave them alone on their page, and have any comment immediately moved to another place. The idea in the aphorism is the silence that follows, letting your mental maps overlap and crumple.'' -- ChristopheThibaut [DeleteMe]
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	* ''Raison d'être'' of a software development system: to produce high-quality software, at the best cost, and to do that for every release.
	* Good, Cheap, Early: pick any two.
	* High quality is expensive. Low quality is expensive. Play with some other parameters. ''(Let's not forget that QualityIsFree.)''
	* ListeningTestingCodingRefactoring
	* DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork
	* If you want something real bad, you'll get something real bad.
	* There's nothing more dangerous than an idea when it's the only one you have.
	* The radioactive project : meticulously documented protocol;  untouchable code.
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See: QuotesOnProgramDevelopment, QuotingNotThinking