When I lose the 'Big Picture', I lose my vision. I have been reading 'The Pragmatic Programmer' (a great book, by the way) and there is a quote in the book which struck me:
We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals (Quarry workers creed).
A programmer, who is working on a particular project, is doing the quarry worker's job. If we don't cut the stones by keeping the cathedral (the big picture) in mind, we will have to do a lot of patch work, rework and maintenance later on.
The construction of software should be an engineering discipline. However, this doesn't preclude individual craftsmanship...
hmm...
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