Designing Software Development Methodologies

As a side note to my normal entries, I wanted to mention a website that I've started that explores a new/different approach to software development methodologies. The site is at www.methodologypatterns.org. At this site, I put forth the opinion that methodologies should be designed, not necessarily pulled off the shelf.

Not only should they be designed, but it's important to go back to "first principles" in understanding what a methodology is and how it should be designed. The idea behind the methodology patterns is to first advocate for methodology design, then define the first principles from which to perform that design, and then to provide a library of practices to use and patterns of those practices to piece together a viable methodology. See the site for details.