- Leading not Managing - Dialog not Dictation Thatâs it, you can work out the rest for youselves, but for those of you who want to, read on. The Process is not the Product In a (very) long technical career, I must have been exposed to the majority of software methodologies, and experience has shown that they are, by and large, more of a liability than a help. In fact, Iâll go further and say that I think that too much methodology is much more dangerous that too little. However, the cult of the One True Methodology continues to thrive, and it worth taking a few moments to consider why.