@inproceedings{e1fba10adfb1415cabb02d908e5b1a55,
title = "Situational Method Engineering for Information Systems Project Approaches",
abstract = "The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of Situational Method Engi-neering, which is a type of method engineering. Situational Method Engineering aims at harmonisation of methods by providing rules to configure project-specific methods out of fragments from existing standard methods. It stems from the need for controlled flexibility, which is a compromise between the ad-hoc tuning of methods and the application of rigid, standard methods. Method fragments are stored in a method base, which constitutes the central repository of a Com-puter Aided Method Engineering (CAME) tool. The CAME tool is used to manipulate method fragments in order to configure project-specific methods. We present a model of the method base, as well as operations on method fragments and examples of required consistency rules for a configured method. Moreover, we discuss the spectrum of approaches to Situational Method Engineering. The paper is concluded with a description of the CAME tool under development.",
author = "Frank Harmsen and Sjaak Brinkkemper and Han Oei",
year = "1994",
month = jan,
day = "20",
language = "English",
isbn = "0-444-82074-4",
series = "IFIP Transactions A",
publisher = "North Holland",
pages = "169--194",
editor = "{Verrijn Stuart}, A.A. and T.W. Olle",
booktitle = "Methods and Associated Tools for the Information Systems Life Cycle",
address = "Netherlands",
note = "IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on Methods and Associated Tools for the Information Systems Life Cycle 1994 ; Conference date: 26-09-1994 Through 28-09-1994",
}