What is the best software development methodology?

What is the best software development methodology

What is the best software development methodology?
analyze, think, finalize design, code, test, publish. In this order.


no changes in design during the coding phase. If you think of some great changes while coding, make it as another release.
Reply:top down procedural
Reply:People argue top-down versus bottom-up, but I prefer middle-out.
Reply:There is no "best." They all have pros and cons. Rational Unified Process (RUP) is very popular, so is Extreme Programming (XP). Waterfall is old school but still used by a lot of organizations like NASA on specific projects.