Title: RADAR:
A Model for IT Organizational Change Four
Australian Case Studies on the Adoption and Diffusion of Method
Engineering
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
Authors: Magdy
K. Serour and Darryl
Winder