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Processes for Creating a Methodology from Method Parts

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So far, we have discovered how to create method parts and what sort of underpinning formalisms are available; now we address the construction aspects, i.e. how to create a full, industry-strength methodology for software development from these method parts. This may be accomplished in a bottom-up fashion, starting with the identification of method parts and then ‘gluing’ them together; or commencing with the top-level architecture and recursively refining the detail to identify the method parts.

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    We acknowledge contributions of Dr. Fredrik Karlsson to this section.

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    Brian Henderson-Sellers

  2. CUI, Battelle - bâtiment A, University of Geneva, Carouge, Switzerland

    Jolita Ralyté

  3. Dept. of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Pär J. Ågerfalk

  4. Aalto University, Aalto, Finland

    Matti Rossi

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Henderson-Sellers, B., Ralyté, J., Ågerfalk, P.J., Rossi, M. (2014). Processes for Creating a Methodology from Method Parts. In: Situational Method Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41467-1_6

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