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Seven Principles of Systems Thinking for Software Development

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In this chapter are seven principles that can help to guide a worldview that is compatible with success, including, among others, “Trust = Speed” and a warning about reliance on analogies.

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Kulak, D., Li, H. (2017). Seven Principles of Systems Thinking for Software Development. In: The Journey to Enterprise Agility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54087-0_4

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