enterprise architecture

As far as Enterprise Architects are concerned, there is no other, single characteristic of a software system more important than the performance and scalability. Or, at least - there should not be. Sadly, in reality, performance is often an afterthought. Inexperienced development teams look at it in disdain and refuse to "waste" time on performance tuning. They amuse themselves with "feature enhancements" and only remember performance when things start to fall apart. That moment in time is usually before the champagne glasses, in celebration of the "successful" launch, get a chance to dry.