In general I think it's wise to beware of gurus peddling software development methodologies. This doesn't mean that there aren't good practices which can impro

In general I think it's wise to beware of gurus peddling software development methodologies. This doesn't mean that there aren't good practices which can improve the process, but all too often the gurus are not applying a proper quantitative analysis to their methodology to judge its relative efficacy, and instead rely very unscientifically on feelgood anecdotes and difficult to falsify assertions.