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Figure 2. Collaborative and dynamic method structure

The advantages of adopting this kind of approach to software method development are:

  • Method content isn't restricted to what's being shipped by a method at a specific version.
  • Method contents are always up to date.
  • Practitioners, not just process engineers, can provide contents for the method.
  • Practitioners don't need to download new versions of a frozen method.
  • Contents are no longer restricted to what an engineering department can produce given their time, budget, and headcount constraints.
  • Media-rich and innovative contents (for example, list of experts on a topic, podcasts, and flash movies) are easily integrated into method contents.
  • Methods can contain both frozen (static) core contents and spots where organizations or communities can extend and customize contents.
  • Practitioners can easily find experts on a given topic.
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