Definition of ME
Definitions of method engineering:
"A method for designing and implementing IS development methods" Kumar&Welke, 1988, 1992.
"Principles, tools and methods for metamodeling and method management" Tolvanen & Lyytinen, 1993.
Schools of method engineering:
- Best expressive power?
- Best tool support?
- (CASE focused, repository structure, query support)
- Related to existing standards and tools?
- Easy to use and learn, simple?
- Universal or specific to certain method types