The situational method engineering (SME) literature is surveyed and a synoptic evaluation
presented in the context of formalizing and regularizing the conceptual framework and …

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 …

This paper explores how to integrate formal meta-models with an informal method rationale
to support evolutionary (continuous) method development. While the former provides an …

Method engineering (ME) is commonly carried out in an intuitive and improvising fashion in
practice. This is largely due to the lack of explicit methodical support. The literature does …

As a result of the rigor vs. relevance debate, researchers who focus on design research on
organizational problems are beginning to focus on their research methodology's rigor. One …

This dissertation is devoted to a perspective from which IT-based information systems are
conceived as information technological artefacts intended for business action and …

Die Informationsmodellierung hat sich als zentrales Analyse-und Gestaltungsinstrument der
Wirtschaftsinformatik etabliert. Dabei erfolgt die Erstellung von Informationsmodellen unter …

Method configuration is a specific type of Method Engineering (ME) that takes an existing
organization-wide Information Systems Development Method (ISDM) as its point of …

Abstract The Unified Process is a widely used process framework for software development.
The framework is covering many of the roles, activities and artifacts needed in a software …

Enterprise architecture (EA) describes the fundamental structure of an organization from
business to IT. EA as a practice as well as a research topic has been around for several …