The Utility of Participative Enterprise Modeling in Information Systems: Development - Challenges and Research Issues

Research has shown that the full and positive effect of Participative Enterprise Modeling methods heavily depends on the ability of its users to deal with numerous situational factors, which characterize, influence and constrain each specific development situation where Enterprise Modeling is used. This paper argues, based on empirical research, for a shift in method development from the invention of new methods to the development of guidelines fo r the practical use of current methods. Such a shift calls f o r research into the complex relationships between situational factors in development processes.