The Software Architect Elevator Quotes

“Packaging change into projects reflects an organization’s belief that “no change” is the normal, desired state and “change” is the intermittent, unusual state.”
― Gregor Hohpe, The Software Architect Elevator: Redefining the Architect's Role in the Digital Enterprise

“Good architects, therefore, deal with change. This means that they live in the system’s first derivative: the mathematical expression for how quickly a function’s value changes.”
― Gregor Hohpe, The Software Architect Elevator: Redefining the Architect's Role in the Digital Enterprise

“Evolving a widely reused resource also requires coordination because changes must be compatible with all existing systems or users. Such coordination can slow down innovation... Some digital companies have even begun to explicitly favor duplication because their business environment rewards economies of speed.”
― Gregor Hohpe, The Software Architect Elevator: Redefining the Architect's Role in the Digital Enterprise