One of the responses to these problems from the information systems community was the development of structured methodologies for Information Systems Engineering. The purpose of these methodologies seems to have been to (a) formalise the requirements elicitation process to reduce the chances of miss-understanding the requirements and (b) to introduce best practice techniques to the analysis and design process.
Mojawapo ya majibu ya matatizo haya kutoka kwa jumuiya ya mifumo ya habari ilikuwa uundaji wa mbinu zilizopangwa za Uhandisi wa Mifumo ya Habari. Madhumuni ya mbinu hizi inaonekana kuwa (a) kurasimisha mchakato wa kuongeza mahitaji ili kupunguza uwezekano wa kutoelewa mahitaji na (b) kuanzisha mbinu bora za utendakazi kwenye mchakato wa uchanganuzi na usanifu.