This paper augments  Boehm-Turner's model of agile and plan-based software
development augmented with an AI search algorithm. The AI search  finds
the key factors that predict for the success of agile or
traditional plan-based software developments.  According to our simulations and
AI search algorithm: (1)~in no case did agile methods perform worse
than plan-based approaches; (2)~in some cases, agile performed best.
Hence, we recommend that the default development practice for organizations be
an agile method.

The simplicity of this style of analysis begs the question: 
 why is so much
time  wasted on evidence-less debates on software process 
when a simple combination of simulation plus 
automatic search can mature the dialog much faster? 
