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Method engineering is a design research discipline with a focus on providing support for method engineers and systems developers. (1996) defines it as ‘the engineering discipline to design, construct and adapt methods, techniques and tools for the development of information systems.’ Such support is provided in the form of frameworks (e.g. Agerfalk and Wistrand, 2003), methods (e.g. Yourdon, 1989), meta-methods (e.g. Harmsen, 1997), and computerized tool support (e.g. Rossi, 1998). Subsequently, as a design science discipline we attempt to support human actions (March and Smith, 1995). Since design is about the artificial (Dahlbom, 2002) it consists of a duality involving both construction and evaluation. However, within the field of method engineering the attention is often given to the former and often with a theoretical focus.
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Karlsson, F. (2006). Method Configuration — A Systems Development Project Revisited. In: Nilsson, A.G., Gustas, R., Wojtkowski, W., Wojtkowski, W.G., Wrycza, S., Zupančič, J. (eds) Advances in Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36402-5_21
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