Well said. Methodologies should be treated as patterns and as such you need to understand what they aim to achieve, the trade-offs in terms of risks and benefi

Well said. Methodologies should be treated as patterns and as such you need to understand what they aim to achieve, the trade-offs in terms of risks and benefits and most importantly how to adapt the pattern to what you are doing. You open yourself up to problems when methodologies and patterns are adopted without thought.