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Keynote Speaker : Brian FITZGERALD - Lero – the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, University of Limerick
Presentation : SD-21C: Software Development in the 21th Century
Abstract:
To underpin this theme, two hypotheses are advanced:
H1: Current software development methods are founded on concepts which emerged in the period from about 1967 to 1977. This hypothesis is explored through an examination of the method literature.
H2: The profile of the development environment now faced in organisations is very
different from that which prevailed in the period 1967 to 1977. This hypothesis is explored through original empirical research which supports this argument, and by contrasting these findings with those of previous studies in the literature.
The conclusion arising from the above is that there is a need for new canons or foundational concepts for software methods which are more appropriate to the needs of the current development environment. Some suggestions for new canons are provided.
Keynote Speaker : Colette ROLLAND - University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France
Presentation : Method Engineering: Trends and Challenges
Abstract:
Method Engineering (ME) is the discipline to study engineering techniques for constructing, assessing, evaluating and managing methods for developing Information Systems Development Methods (ISDM). Method engineering can therefore, be seen as concerned with meta-methods. The prevalent research view point has been the one of a meta-method supporting the selection and integration of ISDM parts that together form a new situational method i.e. a method adapted to the situation of a specific ISD project. Research in Situational Method Engineering (SME) has not exclusively, but undoubtedly produced a large portfolio of assembly-based approaches.
The talk will build upon the results achieved in SME to suggest cross fertilization with other disciplines and to raise research challenges for our community.
The position of the author is on one hand, that some of the results achieved can be ‘exported’ to other fields to the benefit of the SME research whereas on the other hand, our discipline can expand its scope by ‘importing’ views and approaches that other communities are developing on similar issues.
Keynote Speaker : Roel WIERINGA - University of Twente, the Netherlands
Presentation : Design Science Methodology in Information Systems Research
Abstract:
The field of information systems is divided into a subfield of empirical research that studies existing implementations of information systems, and a subfield of technical research that proposes new techniques for information systems design and analysis. Information systems design scientists try to merge these two traditions, but run against some methodological problems concerning the relationship between artifact design and empirical research. These problems lead to methodological mistakes, such as the attempt to solve a design problem without analyzing the goals to be achieved, proposing solutions without proper validation, or answering a research question without relating it to practice.
In this talk I will explore and illustrate the difference between technical and empirical information systems research and relate it to more general differences between science and engineering. I will then provide a framework for unifying empirical and technical research and illustrate this with examples. Finally, I will point out the special role of case studies and action research in technical research and give examples of this from information systems.
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