A primer to method engineering
Proceedings of the IFIP TC8, WG8.1/8.2 working conference on method engineering on Method engineering : principles of method construction and tool support: principles of method construction and tool support
Informing information science: the case for activity theory
Journal of the American Society for Information Science - Special issue on the 50th anniversary of the Journal of The American Society for Information Science: part 2: paradigms, models and methods of information science
Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems - Special issue on information technology in human activity
Using the Booch Method: A Rational Approach
Using the Booch Method: A Rational Approach
Understanding and Evaluating Methodologies: NIMSAD, a Systematic Framework
Understanding and Evaluating Methodologies: NIMSAD, a Systematic Framework
Information Systems Development as an Activity
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Software development method tailoring at Motorola
Communications of the ACM - Digital rights management
Towards a generic model for situational method engineering
CAiSE'03 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Advanced information systems engineering
A wiki-based approach to method tailoring
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Pragmatic Web: Innovating the Interactive Society
Situational method engineering for governance, risk and compliance information systems
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology
Towards an architecture-centric approach for method engineering
SE '08 Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering
MIS Quarterly
MC Sandbox: Devising a tool for method-user-centered method configuration
Information and Software Technology
DESRIST'10 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Global Perspectives on Design Science Research
Requirements determination in a community informatics project: an activity theory approach
OTM'06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: AWeSOMe, CAMS, COMINF, IS, KSinBIT, MIOS-CIAO, MONET - Volume Part I
Designing for recombination: process design through template combination
DESRIST'12 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems: advances in theory and practice
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The complex and demanding business of developing information systems often involves the use of different systems development methods such as the Rational Unified Process or the Microsoft Solution Framework. Through these methods the development organisation can be viewed as a collective of actors following different rules in the form of prescribed actions in order to guide a work process in accord with activity theory. Very often standardised systems development methods need tailoring for unique projects and strategies for this process have been labelled method engineering. Method configuration, a sub-discipline to method engineering, is applicable in situations where a single base method is used as a starting point for the engineering process. A meta-method (method for method configuration) has been developed addressing these issues. A fundamental part of this meta-method is the method component construct as a means to facilitate efficient and rationally motivated modularisation of systems development methods. This paper is an exploration of possible benefits of combining activity theory and method engineering as theoretical grounding of the method component concept.