However, I’ve found that the engineers’s love of a standard methodology quickly slips away when they are actually presented with one. This is because the proposed methodology is “too big” or “too small” or “too OOPy” or “not OOPy enough” or “too confusing” or “too simplistic” or “too open” or “too closed” or “too new” or “too old” and always “Not Invented Here.”

I applaud your comment that the user community should let their voices be heard. I wonder, though, if they will all say something that can result in a standard.