In last week's Advisor, I discussed the growing importance of business process improvement in the age of e-business. Every company that seeks to take advantage of the Internet and Web to improve the way it does business must necessarily start by reviewing existing processes to see how they can be changed to take advantage of new activities that the Internet and Web can make possible.

The previous two Advisors outlined nine methodology design principles. This week will conclude the series on methodology design by adding eight common methodology mistakes to the mix. A number of these common mistakes come from Alistair Cockburn's work and new book, Agile Software Development.

In August 2001, Cutter Consortium surveyed 136 companies worldwide to get their thoughts on a range of project management issues. One question that is always of interest is salary.