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 …

While agile methods are in use in industry, little research has been undertaken into what is
meant by agility and how a supposed agile method can be evaluated with regard to its …

The work presented in this paper is related to the area of Situational Method Engineering
(SME) which focuses on project-specific method construction. We propose a generic …

Because the engineering situation of each information system development (ISD) project is
different, engineering methods need to be adapted, transformed or enhanced to satisfy the …

The need for a better productivity of system engineering teams, as well as a better quality of
products motivates the development of solutions to adapt methods to the project situation at …

The adoption of agility at a large scale often requires the integration of agile and non-agile
development elements for architecting a hybrid adaptive methodology. The challenge is” …

The increasing complexity of the Information Systems (IS) asks for new IS development
methods constructed 'on the fly'to be adapted to the specific situations of the projects at …

Agile approaches to software development provide flexibility within the method, but provide
little or no flexibility to support software process improvement (SPI). This second kind of …

Information Systems (IS) of nowadays are not simple invoicing and accounting software any
more. They also help to take strategic business decisions, to manage information and …