Methodologies seem to have dominated the past two decades of research into information systems. They have been a focus of direct research, and seen as the obvious outlet for many other research finding and ideas. This paper presents a review of the methodologies movement, and explores some of the consequences that have arisen as a result of this particular focus.
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