Matt Linderman at 37 Signals wrote a post on their blog singing the praises of their "simpler is better", iterative methodology by remarking how confidence plays an important role in development practices.

I commented with a more corporate viewpoint and several others have elaborated on the realities of working for clients.

Methodology and practice is a topic on a lot of project manager's minds and it seems I am not alone in my uncertainty. I try to look at each project and team. Then see what will work for that situation. At least I'm exploring and not stuck with the same 'ol, same 'ol, but I can say it is rare the any project gets done without a fair amount of planning and paper work.