Regarding heavyweight methodologies and supporting tools that produce thick piles of "documentation:" See MartinFowler's DistributedComputing article entitled "The Almighty Thud" (November/December 1997): http://martinfowler.com/distributedComputing/thud.html ''[Thanks to ThomasPatzke for the reference.]'' ''[It moved. --DanUznanski]'' ''(This page referenced in discussion in TooMuchDocumentation.)'' ''Very related to the ThunkFactor'' ''And THUD documentation can produce...'': BigThudCodeCausedByBigThudMethodologies. This article reminds me of PerfectionIsAchieved. See YouArentGonnaReadIt