Method Engineering

Comparison of Method Chunks and Method Fragments for Situational Method Engineering

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

19th Australian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC), 2008.

Modularization Constructs In Method Engineering: Towards Common Ground?

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

Conceptual modelling within the MAS-CommonKADS Plus OPEN method engineering approach

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

Towards the Use of Granularity Theory for Determining the Size of Atomic Method Fragments for Use in Situational Method Engineering

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

Supporting Situational Method Engineering with ISO/IEC 24744 and the Work Product Pool Approach

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

Keynote at IFIP WG8.1 Working Conference on Situational Method Engineering, 2007.

Process Construction and Customisation

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

Special issue "Breakthroughs and Challenges in Software Engineering", Journal of Universal Computer Science, vol. 10, issue 4, 2004.

Situational Method Engineering: Fragments or Chunks?

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

Short paper, CAiSE 2007

Improving Agile Software Development by the Application of Method Engineering Practices

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, 2007

Towards Method Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems: A Generic MAS Metamodel

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Development Methodology (AOSDM) at SEKE 2005.

MAS-CommonKADS and the OPEN Method Engineering Approach

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA), 2005.

Method Engineering and COTS Evaluation

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

2nd International Workshop on Models and Processes for the Evaluation of Off-the-Shelf Components (MPEC 05) at the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2005.

Incorporating Elements from CAMLE in the OPEN Repository

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

International Conference on Intelligent Information Processing, 2004.

Agent-oriented information systems development using OPEN and the Agent Factory

by Cesar Gonzalez-Perez

13th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD), 2004.

The Design of Focus Area Maturity Models

by Willem Bekkers

Steenbergen, M., Bos, R., Brinkkemper, S., Weerd, I. van de, & Bekkers, W. (2010). The design of focus area maturity models. Proceedings of the 5thInternational Conference on Global Perspectives on Design Science Research (DESRIST 2010), LNCS 6105, 317-332.

Maturity models are a well-known instrument to support the improvement of functional domains in IS, like software... more Maturity models are a well-known instrument to support the improvement of functional domains in IS, like software development or testing. While maturity models may share a common structure, they have to be developed anew for each functional domain. Focus area maturity models are distinguished from fixed-level maturity models, like CMM, in that they are especially suited to the incremental improvement of functional domains. In this paper we present a generic method for developing focus area maturity models based on both extensive industrial experience and scientific investigation. In doing so, we show two examples of focus area maturity models, one for enterprise architecture and one for software product management. We used a design science research process to develop the method presented.

Improvement of a Web Engineering Method Applying Situational Method Engineering

by Kevin Vlaanderen

Vlaanderen, K., Valverde, F., & Pastor, O. (2008). Improvement of a web engineering method applying situational method engineering. In J. Cordeiro & J. Filipe (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th international conference on enterprise information systems (ICEIS 2008) (Vol. ISAS-1, p. 147-154). Barcelona, Spain.

In recent years, the Web Engineering community has introduced several model-driven methods in order to simplify Web... more In recent years, the Web Engineering community has introduced several model-driven methods in order to simplify Web Application development. However, these methods are too general and mainly focus on data intensive Web Applications. A solution to this problem is the Situational Method Engineering. This approach
allows the creation or improvement of a web engineering method by reusing method fragments from previous methods. This way, a method suitable for a concrete project or domain can be designed. In this work, the OOWS method metamodel is defined with the purpose of applying Situational Method Engineering. Because of this metamodel, OOWS method fragments can be formalised and used to improve the efficiency of another Web Engineering Methods. Furthermore, the suitability of the OOWS method in the context of CMS-based web applications is evaluated through a user-registration case study. The results of this evaluation, is a list of current limitations of the OOWS Method in the CMS Web Systems domain and possible solutions.

Model-driven Web Engineering in the CMS domain: a preliminary research applying SME

by Kevin Vlaanderen

Vlaanderen, K., Valverde, F., & Pastor, O. (2008). Model-driven web engineering in the cms domain: a preliminary research applying sme. In Enterprise information systems. Springer-Verlag.

In recent years, the use of Content Management Systems
(CMS) as the core tool to de ne a Web Application has... more In recent years, the use of Content Management Systems
(CMS) as the core tool to dene a Web Application has gained popularity. However, the Model-Driven Web Engineering methods are not well tted into the CMS domain. The main reason is that these methods are mainly focusing on the data and navigation aspects. To address this problem we propose in this chapter the use of Situational Method Engineering in order to detect the potential issues and improvements of a Web Engineering method in the CMS domain. Specically, the suitability of the OOWS method in the context of CMS-based web applications is evaluated by means of a user-registration use case. From the results of this evaluation, a list of current limitations of the OOWS Method in the CMS domain are detected. Additionally the improvements that can
be applied from a SME perspective are introduced.

The Online Method Engine: From Process Assessment to Method Execution

by Kevin Vlaanderen

Vlaanderen, K., Weerd, I. van de, & Brinkkemper, S. (2011). The Online Method Engine: From Process Assessment to Method Execution. To appear in the Proceedings of Method Engineering (ME2011). Paris, France.

The field of method engineering has seen an increasing amount of interesting approaches and techniques over the last... more The field of method engineering has seen an increasing amount of interesting approaches and techniques over the last ten years. The coverage of these techniques ranges from the modeling of processes and systems to the situational construction of new ones. However, access to the required domain knowledge is often not available, and the effort re- quired for effective method engineering is in most cases too much. To overcome these problems, we propose an incremental approach for pro- cess assessment, process improvement, and process execution, based on method engineering techniques and tools. The approach is implemented in the Online Method Engine; a holistic solution that supports these three aspects. In this paper, we give a conceptual overview of the approach, along with an overview of the current state of development.

Developing a Reference Method for Knowledge Auditing

by Marco Spruit

Levantakis, T., Helms, R., Spruit, M. (2008). Developing a Reference Method for Knowledge Auditing. In: Yamagchi, T. (ed), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5345, Proceedings of the 7th Conference of Practical Aspects on Knowledge Management, PAKM 2008, Yokohama, Japan, November 21-23, 2008, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 147–159.

Knowledge management was regarded as the discipline of the 21st century but it has yet to bear all of its fruits. The... more Knowledge management was regarded as the discipline of the 21st century but it has yet to bear all of its fruits. The expectations are high but a number of barriers limit the effects of knowledge management initiatives. A serious problem is the lack of a comprehensive assessment to prepare the ground for the successful implementation of knowledge management initiatives. A promising solution to this problem is the area of knowledge audits. But the theory and the techniques behind it are not yet mature. The following paper is presenting the development of a comprehensive knowledge audit method that could serve as a standardized method for auditing knowledge. A design research approach was used to compare and integrate 13 different knowledge and information audit methods. The analysis of the existing methods was based on the notion of method engineering and the new method was applied and evaluated in a Dutch telecommunications company.

Historical data analysis through data mining from an outsourcing perspective: the three-phases method

by Marco Spruit

Vleugel, A., Spruit, M., Daal, A. van (2010). Historical data analysis through data mining from an outsourcing perspective: the three-phases method. International Journal of Business Intelligence Research (IJBIR), 1(3), 42-65.

The process of historical data analysis through data mining has proven to be of value for the industrial environment.... more The process of historical data analysis through data mining has proven to be of value for the industrial environment. There are many models available which describe the inhouse process of data mining. However, many companies either do not have the inhouse skills or do not wish to invest in performing inhouse data mining. This research investigates the applicability of two well-established data mining process models in an outsourcing context. We observe that both models cannot properly accommodate several key aspects in this context. Therefore, we propose the Three-phases method, which consists of data retrieval, data mining and results implementation within an organization. Each element is presented as a visual method fragment. The model is validated through expert interviews and an extensive case study at a large Dutch staffing company. Both validation techniques substantiate our claim that our Three-phases model accurately describes the data mining process from an outsourcing perspective.