Effective methods for tackling socio-technical change via re-engineering of existing information systems

Develop effective, systematic methods for addressing socio-technical organisational change through the re-engineering of existing information systems, ensuring rigorous representation, structuring, exploration, impact analysis, and implementable solutions that reduce IT project failure in brownfield contexts.

Background

The authors motivate their framework by noting that many organisational changes arise from re-engineering existing information systems rather than greenfield design, and that widespread IT project failures highlight the need for better methods.

They explicitly state that devising effective ways to tackle such change remains an open challenge, positioning their $ framework as a response while acknowledging the broader challenge persists.

References

In the face of widespread IT project failure, devising effective ways to tackle this type of change remains an open challenge.

— POE-$Δ$: a framework for change engineering  (2504.03780 - Markov et al., 3 Apr 2025) in Abstract

The catalogue identifies possible responses, but does not establish which combinations are appropriate under particular conditions.

— Architectural Degradation: How to Measure and to Remediate  (2610.01611 - Ahmad et al., 1 Oct 2026) in Section 3, subsection “Research Attention and Technique Diversity”