Method Components – Rationale Revealed

Wistrand, Kai; Karlsson, Fredrik

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-25975-6_15

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“…First introduced by Goldkuhl and colleagues [17,18], the method component concept has recently been further developed by Karlsson and others [19][20][21][22]. The basic idea is to view methods as constituted by exchangeable and reusable components.…”

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“…The method component construct thus draws significantly on the idea of method rationale -the systematic treatment of the arguments and reasons behind a particular method [20,23,24,25]. While the intention of a method chunk is typically expressed in terms of the action that immediately satisfies the intention, method rationale aims to direct method engineers' attention to the underlying assumptions of those actions and promote a critical attitude towards the different parts of a method.…”

Section: Methods Componentsmentioning

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Modularization Constructs in Method Engineering: Towards Common Ground?

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Abstract. Although the Method Engineering (ME) research community has reached considerable maturity, it has not yet been able to agree on the granularity and definition of the configurable parts of methods. This state of affairs is causing unnecessary confusion, especially with an ever increasing number of people contributing to ME research. There are several competing notions around, most significantly 'method fragments' and 'method chunks', but also 'method components' and 'process components' are used in some quarters and have also been widely published. Sometimes these terms are used interchangeably, but there appears to be important semantic and pragmatic differences. If the differences are unimportant, we should be able to come to an agreement on what construct to promote. Alternatively, the different constructs may serve different purposes and there is a need for them to coexist. If this is the case, it should be possible to pinpoint exactly how they are related and which are useful in what contexts. This panel is a step towards finding common ground in this area, which arguably is at the very core of ME.

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Section: Methods Componentsmentioning

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Modularization Constructs in Method Engineering: Towards Common Ground?

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“…As a consequence of this redesign, the classification schema was changed as well. The method rationale and method component concepts were presented at international conferences [24,25] and in an international journal [26]. During this phase the following data sources were produced: log books from four design sessions andMMC.…”

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“…I. MMC provides the possibility to work with reusable assets of ISDMs through the three core concepts: the method component [24,26], the configuration package [27], and the configuration template [27].…”

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Multi-Grounded Action Research in Method Engineering: The MMC Case

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There appears to be two schools of information systems development methods research that largely pursue their own agendas without many cross-references, On the one hand there is the method engineering research and on the other hand there is the method-in-action research, There seems to be much to be gained from integrating these two schools, developing knowledge that both has the formality (rigor) and reflects its enactment in practice, To achieve this, the research approach adopted has to embrace this duality, In this paper we explore how Multi-Grounded Action Research (MGAR) can contribute to achieving this aim, MGAR has been used in the development of a Method for Method Configuration, a research product that integrates the strengths of both schools,

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A mapping study on the feasibility of method engineering

Kuhrmann

Méndez

Tießler

2014

J. Softw. Evol. and Proc.

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Software processes have become inherently complex to cope with the various situations we face in project environments. In response, the research area of method engineering arose in the 1990s aiming at the systematization of process construction and application. Although the research area has gained much attention and offered a plethora of contributions so far, we still have little knowledge about which basic concepts are finally established and what their feasibility is. To overcome this shortcoming, we need a systematic investigation of the publication flora in method engineering. To reach this aim, we contribute a systematic mapping study and investigate, inter alia, which contributions were published over time and which research type facet they address to distill a common understanding about available method engineering concepts and their maturity. On the basis of the review of 83 publications, our results show that even if a high number of contributions is available, most of those contributions only repeat and discuss formerly introduced concepts, whereas reports on empirically sound evidence on the feasibility are still missing. Although the research area constitutes a many contributions, yet missing are a common understanding of method engineering and empirically sound investigations that would allow for practical application and experience extraction. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Method Components – Rationale Revealed

Cited by 39 publications

References 8 publications

Modularization Constructs in Method Engineering: Towards Common Ground?

Modularization Constructs in Method Engineering: Towards Common Ground?

Multi-Grounded Action Research in Method Engineering: The MMC Case

A mapping study on the feasibility of method engineering

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