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Methodology as metaphor: the practical basis for multiview methodology (a reply to M.C. Jackson)
Author(s) -
Watson Heather,
WoodHarper Trevor
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
information systems journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.635
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2575
pISSN - 1350-1917
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2575.1995.tb00109.x
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , metaphor , basis (linear algebra) , epistemology , range (aeronautics) , computer science , management science , psychology , mathematics , linguistics , engineering , philosophy , geometry , aerospace engineering
. Multiview Methodology (MVM) combines a range of hard and soft approaches to developing information systems. We explain the practical basis for MVM's combination. This centres on the gap between theory and practice. This arises because methodology in use is metaphorical since its meaning is both (a) a practitioner's experience and (b) a property of a methodology. In practice, the meaning of a methodology is therefore not necessarily restricted to an espoused theory. Multiple perspectives make this explicit and help to create new interpretations.