Just come right out and say it -- show them advice from agile developers (37Signals, etc) that says "get your stuff out the door or you may not succeed". Archi

Just come right out and say it -- show them advice from agile developers (37Signals, etc) that says "get your stuff out the door or you may not succeed". Architecture can be flexible -- applications will evolve with growth. As noodle said, commit, build, iterate, repeat.