No one has even figured out a good metric for software development, let alone a good strategy. Cunningham did lead us in the right direction with his dictum: "

No one has even figured out a good metric for software development, let alone a good strategy. Cunningham did lead us in the right direction with his dictum: "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." To test his theory, he went on to post the Agile Manifesto.