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Method Engineering focuses on the design, construction and evaluation of methods, techniques and support tools for information systems development It addresses a number of important topics, including: method representation formalisms; meta-modelling; situational methods; contingency approaches; system development practices of method engineering; terminology and reference models; ontologies; usability and experience reports; and organisational support and impact.

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Author:   Sjaak Brinkkemper ,  Kalle Lyytinen ,  Richard Welke
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.516kg
ISBN:  

9781475758245

ISBN 10:   1475758243
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   11 January 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Keynote paper: a primer to method engineering.- 2 Structural artifacts in method engineering: the security imperative.- 3 Characterizing IS development projects.- 4 Towards an integrated environment for method engineering.- 5 A functional framework for evaluating method engineering environments: the case of Maestro II/Decamerone and MetaEdit+.- 6 Method rationale in method engineering and use.- 7 How to compose an object-oriented business process model?.- 8 Human work as context for development of object-oriented modeling techniques.- 9 Translating OMT* to SDL, coupling object-oriented analysis and design with formal description techniques.- 10 Lazy functional meta-CASE programming.- 11 A practical strategy for the evaluation of software tools.- 12 Core objects required for a generic CASE repository.- 13 A proposal for context-specific method engineering.- 14 Comparison of four method engineering languages.- 15 Method engineering: who’s the customer.- 16 Simulation-based method engineering in federated organizations.- 17 Keynote paper: information systems development: a broader perspective.- 18 A classification of methodological framework for computerized information systems support in organizations.- 19 Method engineering: current research directions and implications for future research.- 20 Panel: reengineering method engineering?.- 21 Panel: method engineering: experiences in practice.- Index of contributors.- Keyword index.

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Kalle Lyytinen is Professor of Information Systems at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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