Quotes

“It’s developers’ (mis)understanding, not domain experts’ knowledge, that gets released in production.”
--Alberto Brandolini

"A model is a simplified representation of a thing or phenomenon that intentionally emphasizes certain aspects while ignoring others. Abstraction with a specific use in mind."
--Rebecca Wirfs-Brock

There is no sense in talking about the solution before we agree on the problem, and no sense talking about the implementation steps before we agree on the solution.
--Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag (Goldratt-Ashlag, E. (2010). “The Layers of Resistance—The Buy-In Process According to TOC.”)