Some companies appear to be fearful of documentation and software development methodologies.
For a more comprehensive definition of the subject matter please check the link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_methodology
Of course there are other methodologies that are available that were developed by private industry and government.
As time permits a healthy discussion of the idiosyncrasies of each methodology will ensue.
Mr. Arch Brooks, Software Engineer, Brooks Computing Systems authored this article