Light Methodologies: The Pendulum Swings

by Tom Bragg

Editor's note: Assertion No. 37 from the Cutter Technology Council states, "As the Internet-driven information revolution creates turbulence and uncertainty in the economy, the movement toward light (thin-process, 'thick'-skilled, action-oriented) project management and software delivery methodologies will rapidly accelerate and will replace the heavy (10-volume) methodologies that were created for less experienced developers in a stable business environment."