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in the context of possibly multiple ISs in an
organisation ("IS level"), and to the purpose of IS
steering, we propose to generate a global level "by
deduction" of the IS level. We also define a third
level ("Service level") for modelling the
informational services which are based on the
informational elements existing in on one or more
ISs.
4.3 IS Steering Guidelines
Based on the previous meta-models, we build a set
of IS steering guidelines which can be adapted to a
given situation and assembled with one another.
Two sets of method components are considered:
method components for the IS steering, and method
components for the collaborative engineering of an
initiative.
The first set of method components regards the
process of IS steering toward evolution. They
propose directives for instantiating the steering
referential, for identifying and characterizing the IS
evolution and for identifying the impacts of an
evolution. The following levels of coordination are
considered: several ISs, global (or federal) and
services. The second set of method components
regards the collaborative engineering of an initiative
with the following intentions: initiative launch,
initiative categorization, call for participation,
ideation, initiative abstraction, initiative concepts
description, initiative modelling, initiative
evaluation and build consensus.
5 CONCLUSIONS
In this paper we introduce the concept of initiative in
the context of the IS evolution steering where the
initiatives play the role of agility enablers. We draw
the outlines of our IS Steering meta-models and of
our sets of method components for IS evolution. The
question of IS agility remains complex, nevertheless,
we believe that agility is more inclined to emerge
from a creative process of exploration such as the
one we propose with initiatives, and not from a pure
mechanistic or prescriptive approach.
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