Method use in practise
Characteristics of methodology use (Smolander et al. 1990):
- Almost every company applied some methodology or framework,
- Applied methodologies however left phases "open", and
- None of the companies used methods systematically in their ISD.
Chikofsky 1988 reported:
- 90% of software professionals are familiar with structures methods,
- 50% of their organizations have tried to use methods at some time, and
- 10% of organizations actively use them.