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It seems to me that our interest in methodology is quite transitory. Methodology is almost like a new fashion that we adopt briefly and then discard as being passé. Over the years there have been many methodologies that at the time were very widely embraced and enabled big advances in practice. Remember SSADM, Yourdon, Information Engineering, Object Orientation, Component Based Development, RAD, XP and RUP? But the juxtaposition of heavy weight methods like IE and OO together with lighter weight methods such as RAD and XP speaks volumes. It suggests that after disappointment the pendulum swings wildly to the other extreme, and then back again. And we know from continuing industry surveys that project delivery success rates continue to be less than perfect.
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