What this page of the Blog Apocryphe is about is to compile a number of quotes and extracts of a book that I consider important in the Software Engineering literature: "The Incremental Commitment Spiral Model: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software" of Barry Boehm, Lisa Ann Lane, Supannika Koolmanojwong and Richard Turner, ISBN-13: 978-0-321-80822-6.
Risk Meta-Principle of Balance: Balancing the risk of doing too little and the risk of doing too much will generally find a middle course sweet spot that is about the best you can do. — Barry Boehm, Lisa Ann Lane, Supannika Koolmanojwong and Richard Turner in The Incremental Commitment Spiral Model: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software
— Barry Boehm, Lisa Ann Lane, Supannika Koolmanojwong and Richard Turner in The Incremental Commitment Spiral Model: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software
— Barry Boehm, Lisa Ann Lane, Supannika Koolmanojwong and Richard Turner in The Incremental Commitment Spiral Model: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software
— Barry Boehm, Lisa Ann Lane, Supannika Koolmanojwong and Richard Turner in The Incremental Commitment Spiral Model: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software
— Barry Boehm, Lisa Ann Lane, Supannika Koolmanojwong and Richard Turner in The Incremental Commitment Spiral Model: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software