Yes,
I can see some organisations sticking to "what we know" rather than looking ahead (hot stock tip: "SELL! SELL! SELL!) :D
However, I must say that in my experience this is more an attitude you find in the customer's camp than the contractors'. I would suggest that quality contractors realise that state of the art methodologies are how they make themselves competitive, competent and profitable.
What I have seen is situations where an organisation has invested so much time and effort into an older methodology that they are loath to write off that investment and start afresh.
Business and process re-engineering projects are notorious for their failure rate? :eek:
I have seen numerous cases where the customer has required certain methodologies to be used as part of the contract. That is OK, you just do your own thing, and provide their metrics/documentation etc. in addition............. and charge them for it.
Where I have seen a frightening situation, is an organisation trying to encompass CMM yet not training their staff accordingly. Sure you get all the documentation and checklists, but what are they worth if their underlying functionality is not understood and embraced by the practicioner?
"Has the XYZ document been filed in the ABC repository?".........."Yes"...........oooooooooooh another checkmark.............."is it a crock of sh1t?"..............errrrr............"Yes"..............it is the last question that does not get asked or answered.
;)
At the end of the day it is the quality of your personnel that counts.............no methodology is a "silver bullet"?
