Abstract:
While there has been significant discussion of the techniques of method engineering, the current
literature gives little attention to the adoption and diffusion process, firstly, how the
organizations get ready for the adoption process then how they shift their behaviours from prior
approaches to their new ones.
Utilising four Australian Case Studies, we investigate some factors contributing to the success or
failure of a method engineering implementation and discuss a transition model (RADaR) that
was designed and constructed to assist IT organizations to adopt and diffuse new approaches
such as method engineering successfully and effectively. In this paper, we demonstrate and
discuss some important aspects of the IT organizational process to adopt and diffuse a method
engineering approach such as the organizational readiness and the impact of executive
commitment on the outcome of the method engineering exercise. We also draw conclusions for
practitioners looking to achieve ‘successes’ from the process.
