The most important ground to introduce Dragons is the possibility to call things proper. Speaking about Dragons you describe our world. This description may be unusual. You cannot find a formal proof for it. It may sound ``not serious''. At the other hand this explanation is clear. It contains no ``wise words'' and ``scientific definitions''. Such things aren't good in themselves. Special terms may be used to clear the thoughts and to hide them.
For instance a mathematician uses special terms in his proof and an other mathematician gets the whole information from few words. A physician uses Latin terms to describe illness and a patient doesn't understand anything, but gets an impression about wise doctor. The second situation repeats in the software branch much more frequently. The Software Dragons can help you to avoid the smog of ``scientific'' words.
For instance a manager says that he'll buy a software system to introduce the new process of the software development. He boasts that this process saves a lot of money. It increases the productivity of the staff in many times. It uses best scientific proved methods. As result all projects shall be done in time and within budget. This is a well-known fact. The Method is simple and can be used by ordinary persons. The manager is going to fire unnecessary experts and won't waste money for consultants.11
In case one believe in the words ``scientific proved'' and ``best'', he can make a big mistake. The software development is an activity of humans. This is a process of thinking. The science doing research of this process is called psychology. It doesn't know what is ``best''. It is very careful with ``scientific proved''. (Above all if a proof was be done on statistically incorrect group, what is the usually situation in SE.) Some facts in psychology are well-known, unfortunately the interpretations of them are very different.
Of course it is possible to make a psychological analyse of the manager from our example. We may mount a scientific base under the analyse of the decision about the introduction of ``the new Method''. This analyse should be done by professional psychologist and is complex. Fortunately we can estimate this decision much more simple, if we translate the manager's words in the terms of Dragons. It would sound like this:
The Dragon of Lost Control is devouring our projects. To win the war against this Dragon I'll buy the newest Silver Bullets. This is The Magical Universal Process. This is a best way of treatment for our company. It promises rapid changes and has extraordinary magical power. I'll apply it, kill the Dragon and become The Lord of Software.