5 Quotes by Mary Poppendieck

Commitment to deliver on time and on budget was not made based on the details; details didn't exist. Their commitment was based on the ability to shape the details.

Almost everything we know about good software architecture has to do with making software easy to change

Almost everything we know about good software architecture has to do with making software easy to change.

The biggest cause of failure in software-intensive systems is not technical failure; it’s building the wrong thing.

Commitment to deliver on time and on budget was not made based on the details; details didn’t exist. Their commitment was based on the ability to shape the details.