Method Tailoring as Negotiation

The need for method tailoring is widely accepted in the field of information systems development methods. Today much attention has been devoted to viewing method tailoring either as (a) a highly rational process with the method engineer as the driver where the method users are passive information providers, or (b) as an unstructured process where the developer makes individual choices, a selection process without a driver. In this paper we view method tailoring from a negotiation perspective using Actor Network Theory. Our narrative examples depict method tailoring as a more complex process than either (a) or (b) show.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CAISE
• Authors: Fredrik Karlsson
• Keywords: CAISE 2008, Examples Depict Method, Information Management, Method Engineer, Method Tailoring