Methodology is based on predecessors' doing a lot of practice and solving a lot of practical problems, and systematically centralizes accumulated ideas and experiences in solving problems. Experience is often just a point, and methodology is often online and offline, so methodology looks more systematic. Experience is aimed at practical problems, and methodology is often aimed at abstract problems. It can be said that the formation of methodology must be abstracted at two levels, one is the abstraction of practical problems, and the other is the abstraction of solutions, so that methodology can be more universal. However, we notice that when we pursue universal applicability, we inevitably sacrifice specific applicability.
Methodology still follows the continuous improvement under the PDCA cycle, guiding the practice process, and the problems and summaries people encounter in the practice process are fed back to the methodology again, thus improving and revising the methodology and knowledge system. Including CMMI system, PMBOK system, DMBOK system, etc. What we are seeing now is basically improved and supplemented according to this process.
The greatest sorrow of methodology is that when there is no practical experience, the methodology summarized by predecessors is spread everywhere without comprehensive investigation and study, thinking that it can solve all problems. For example, although we wear a gorgeous coat in front of customers, many times customers don't know it, but they will be rejected. At this time, we are wondering if there is something wrong with the methodology. What I want to say is that there is no problem with methodology and there is no problem with customers. The problem is that you have no practical experience. The problem is that you are still silent in the fantasy of the theoretical school. You know, it's no use giving a beautiful coat when a person is not full. Therefore, the order must not be wrong. What customers want is to fill their stomachs first. If they are well-fed and well-dressed, it is certainly a good thing that they can dress more decently.
So if you just graduated and entered a large consulting company, you must not be lost by the perfect methodology, knowledge system and template library. If you haven't practiced it yourself, you can't really understand the ups and downs of a thing, but that doesn't mean you don't study methodology. But to learn methodology, because you are learning this step and need to do a good job of later repair and enlightenment. Only when you really practice and understand can you really understand the essence of methodology. Theory-practice-theory is not a patchwork theory-a new theory, divorced from reality.
Predecessors have summed up the methodology with universality. We adopt methodology to analyze and solve the practical problems we face. In this exercise, we will select and combine the methods, tools and technologies mentioned in methodology to form specific methods to solve specific problems. If this method is fully verified in solving a problem and it is best to get the expected result, then our whole practice process can be called a best practice. We can see that the best practice is the successful application of methodology. If we use the object-oriented concept, the method is a class and the best practice is an object. The best way is to combine the specific methods and tools mentioned in Methodology for specific problems, which is a practical verification of methodology.
Best practice is sometimes a freak. As we said, best practices are the appropriate solutions to specific problems in specific situations. We have added so many attributes to this scheme, which is nothing more than explaining the word background. If the best practice is divorced from the background itself, it can rise to methodology, best practice+background, which shows that the best practice itself is not universal and may not be suitable for us. Best practices often make people stick to the rules and make no progress, which may become a cancer of science and make people stay in slogans and frameworks instead of thinking and practice itself. So when we talk about best practices, if the description of practical methods is 1 page, then the background should be at least 5 pages, so that your best practices will not be misunderstood by others, and more people with the same scene and background can learn your best practices.
Don't be obsessed with methodology and best practices. They gave guidance, but the real exploration still needs you.