Not as a star But I’m warning you, this is my last existence. Not as a swallow, not as a maple, not as a cat-tail and not as a star. Anna Akhmatova, The Elements of Typographic Style deathzen
Complete and consistent requirements An architect who needs complete and consistent requirements to begin work, though perhaps a brilliant builder, is not an architect. Mark W. Maier & Eberhardt Rechtin, The Art of Systems Architecting What the problem isThe heart of systems engineeringA late change in requirements is a competitive advantage architecturedesign