I think the most important thing to learn is that the end object is to engineer and manufacture the enterprise so it runs better and faster and can accommodate extreme change. The end isn't just to get the systems implemented. The enterprise problem is an engineering problem, not a manufacturing problem. Until we learn this, we may optimize the systems but we we'll continue to sub-optimize the enterprise. --Zachman

"Any software problem can be solved by adding another layer of indirection. Except, of course, the problem of too much indirection." - Steve Bellovin of AT&T Labs

Software quality is the degree to which software possesses a desired combination of attributes

Agile means rightweight.

My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared. - PJ Plauger

"a willingness to live with a little less to avoid the bigger mess and a willingness to see elegance in the real rather than the vision" - Michael Feathers

Structure follows strategy

"Beware Of Things With Leading Caps – Usually, It Is Overblown" - David LeBlanc?

"Architectures must enable business transformation, rather than stand in the way."

"Consultants can never help design solutions when there is no agreement on the problem."