Paper Info
Title
Modularization Constructs in Method Engineering: Towards Common Ground?
Abstract
Although the Method Engineering (ME) research community has reached considerable maturity, it has not yet been able to agree on the granularity and definition of the configurable parts of methods. This state of affairs is causing unnecessary confusion, especially with an ever increasing number of people contributing to ME research. There are several competing notions around, most significantly 'method fragments' and 'method chunks', but also 'method components' and 'process components' are used in some quarters and have also been widely published. Sometimes these terms are used interchangeably, but there appears to be important semantic and pragmatic differences. If the differences are unimportant, we should be able to come to an agreement on what construct to promote. Alternatively, the different constructs may serve different purposes and there is a need for them to coexist. If this is the case, it should be possible to pinpoint exactly how they are related and which are useful in what contexts. This panel is a step towards finding common ground in this area, which arguably is at the very core of ME.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1007/978-0-387-73947-2_27
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING
Keywords
Field
DocType
social sciences,information science,computer and information science,informatics,natural sciences,method engineering
Information system,Data science,Confusion,Computer science,Method engineering,Modular programming,Artificial intelligence,Granularity,Common ground,State of affairs,Information and Computer Science
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
244
1571-5736
22
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.79
17
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pär J. Ågerfalk172443.37
Sjaak Brinkkemper22599219.13
Cesar Gonzalez-Perez349531.78
Brian Henderson-Sellers41835163.16
Fredrik Karlsson531223.21
Steven Kelly6221.80
Jolita Ralyté775943.03