Ideally, methodologies should be adopted to become part of the working culture of practitioners as a way of completing projects successfully. Examination of practice on use of methodologies shows that methodologies have been adopted, or rejected, or in some cases has been misused. Have a look at the different ways how users have been misusing systems development methodologies.
1. Users are using methodologies as a cover up and not following the principles and the guidelines of the methodology, for several reasons:
- To impress clients and win contracts or as a political protection for civil servants should projects go wrong;
- For image building to demonstrate that things are under control;
- To please their managers;
- To feel secure that they are doing that right thing, which is seen as ‘social defense.’
2. Follow a methodology that they learned previously e.g. from their previous managers and continue using methodologies blindly without questioning its merits.
3. Users are misinterpreting the methodology’s principles to suit their personal needs and desires and this causes deviation from the intended principles, which may eventually lead the user to abandoning the methodology. Studies show that 80%-90% of methodologies are being modified.
4. Some of the practitioners (60%) do not fully understand methodology’s principles and they end up with partial use.
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