The Zen of ICT9

As a fast moving organisation that needs to balance client requirements, security and knowledge transfer, we are guided by a modified subset of the PEP 20 aphorisms.

• Beautiful is better than ugly.
• Explicit is better than implicit.
• Simple is better than complex.
• Complex is better than complicated.
• Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules.
• Although practicality beats purity.
• Now is better than never.
• Although never is often better than *right* now.
• If the implementation is hard to explain, it’s a bad idea.
• If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
• Tenancies are one honking great idea -- let’s do more of those!

• Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
• Working systems over comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan