So, being a rails developer I often hear about "Agile" development methodology, and generally how developing a project given a certain set of guidelines will tremendously improve the quality of the final product. Well, I've got a methodology of my own. This is sure to replace Agile development and all it's avid followers. In fact, i see it springing up in Web 2.0 lingo everywhere around year 2010. Let me explain:

Knife fight software development model

1. All disputes about the development of the project will be settled over knife-fight. This is the key element of the methodology.
2. The project will be done in iterations, after which the lead engineer will have to systematically knife-fight each senior developer. This will determine the lead engineer for the next iteration of the project (as he will be the only one left alive).
3. In the event of a dispute (namely between the designers and the programmers) an immediate knife-fight is required. The one left living will have their way in the issue. This helps prevent "overlapping flows" in the development cycle.
   
4. Customers or users of the product should be frequently asked for their feedback. To adequately make a feature request in the knife-fight development model the customer must be asked to come directly to the office, where he or she will be confronted (again in a knife-fight) by one of the Jr. System administrators. Should The customer survive the meeting, the feature will be added to the next iteration.
5. Adopting a new tool or technology requires that a representative of the company engages in a knife fight with the developer of the new tech in question. For example, if you were on a subversion system and someone suggests to move to git, the person suggesting the change would have to stand hand-to-hand combat with Linus Torvalds. We believe that this will help to confirm the seriousness of each request for tool-changes, as nobody would knife-fight linus torvalds unless they really wanted to switch to git.

So there you have it - I would suggest you start training your arm now if you're planning to develop software in 2010, as likely it's the only way you'll survive.

...THE CAKE IS A LIE!!