METHODOLOGY AS METAPHOR - THE PRACTICAL BASIS FOR MULTIVIEW METHODOLOGY (A REPLY TO MC JACKSON)

Multiview Methodology (MVM) combines a range of hard and soft approach es to developing information systems. We explain the practical basis f or MVM's combination. This centres on the gap between theory and pract ice. 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 perspective s make this explicit and help to create new interpretations.