The complexity of information systems has never stopped growing, necessitating the use of methods to aid in their design and development. In recent years, new digital technologies like sensors, mobile devices, and connected objects have become ubiquitous in various industries and daily life. Therefore, it is even more fundamental to develop responsible information systems that can utilise these technologies to improve citizens' lives or help businesses maintain and expand their activities. To answer this challenge, my work focuses on engineering methods adapted to the context and the users’ intentions. My research contributions are organised around three main themes in the field of methods engineering: contextualisation (context modelling and discovery) and intentions mining; the configuration of models and methods to support decision-making; and, more recently, understanding and formalising the field of smart life engineering for a further contextual and intention-based configuration of smart applications.