Following a well-established track record of success in other domains such as
manufacturing, Kanban is increasingly used to achieve continuous development and …

Awareness and use of agile methods has grown rapidly among the information systems
development (ISD) community in recent years. Like most previous methods, the …

Most people we know don't read a book's Preface. So, we'll keep it brief. Why read this
book? Why did we write it? The answer to both these questions is straightforward. We, the …

It has long been acknowledged that software methods should be tailored if they are to
achieve optimum effect. However comparatively little research has been carried out to date …

It has been argued that user participation is important when public authorities develop e-
services. At the same time there is limited research on the usefulness of existing user …

For decades, user participation has brought value to various systems development projects.
Today, there are expectations that public e-service development will experience the same …

The world of systems engineering methods is changing as rigorous 'off-the-shelf'methods
gain popularity. The need for configuration of such methods is increasing accordingly. In this …

In this paper, we motivate, devise, demonstrate, and evaluate an approach for the research-
based development of information systems development methods (ISDMs). This approach …

The configuration of systems engineering methods is a challenging task. As a method
engineer it is essential to have conceptual constructs capable of reducing the burden of …

Abstract Systems development methods are used to express and communicate knowledge
about systems and software development processes, that is, methods encapsulate …