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
This chapter describes three members of the Crystal family that have been put to use on live projects: Crystal Clear, Crystal Orange, and Crystal Orange Web. For each one, I
The reason for including this chapter is to show one way of working through the problems and principles surrounding methodology design and to give you something to copy and alter when you start on your own. The Crystal Methodologies
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