A plan is an example of what could happen, not a prediction of what will happen.

The community isn't nearly as afraid as it thinks it is.

Of the four project development variables - scope, cost, time and quality - quality isn't really a free variable. The only possible values are "excellent" and "insanely excellent", depending on whether lives are at stake.

I've known people who have not mastered their tools who are good programmers, but not a tool master who remained a mediocre programmer.

I tell people to start implementing when they are pretty sure there aren't more important stories out there. An iteration's worth of data is worth months of speculation.

If you're having trouble succeeding, fail.

Responsible Development is the style of development I aspire to now. It can be summarized by answering the question, How would I develop if it were my money? I'm amazed how many theoretical arguments evaporate when faced with this question.