&gt;Which of these would you argue aren&#x27;t wise principles for all of us to use when developing software?<p>most of these aren&#x27;t principles, these are wishes. Like i can say i have 2 principles - be wealthy and be healthy - and those 2 principles look like very wise and hard to argue with, don&#x27;t you think?<p>Except for the stuff like this :<p>&gt; The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.<p>&gt;The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.<p>which is just some personal beliefs or dreams of somebody, and is obviously not true in general. There is a reason things are called &#x27;manifest&#x27; and not even a &#x27;paper&#x2F;essay&#x27;, less &#x27;peer-reviewed paper&#x27;...