6. The Crystal Methodologies
This chapter describes how I resolved the dilemmas involved in methodology design: the difficulty of communication, the need for people to be people within the methodology, and the need for multiple methodologies.
I chose to construct a family of methodologies, along with principles for tuning them. This is not a kit of methodology parts for you to assemble on your own but a set of samples that you adjust to your circumstances.
Crystal is the family name for the methodologies. As with geological crystals, each has a different color and hardness, corresponding to the project size and criticality: Clear, Yellow, Orange, Orange Web, Red, Magenta, Blue, and so on. Each one
• Is people- and communication-centric
• Gets ...
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