[sixdimensional]

Wanted to add, people felt the same way about SDLC when it first came around - since it preaches such structure and method.

I'd be curious what software engineering process you'd prefer then, for your own company?

Some have said that the failure to make structured methods work in software is what makes it less of a formal engineering discipline, like a trade that can be unionized and guarantee a particular level of quality due to standardization of process and method.

[johnrob]

Small batches. What can I do today, that will demonstrably put us in a better position at the start of tomorrow. Ideally should result in deployed code to production, but not always (e.g. research).

Ironically, you could argue this is agile with one day sprints - I wouldn't disagree much.