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It is argued that a methodology provides primitives using which the developer can construct the desired process. From the point of view of a process, a methodology is a passive device which only specifies a set of steps and step transition constraints. A step of a methodology can be modelled in terms of the triplet, <situation, decision, action>. A methodology is a collection of such triplets. The decisions of triplets articulate different kinds of methodology primitives like the creation, deletion, and modification of methodology-specific situations. Under this model, the development process becomes a decision making activity rooted in a methodology. The validation constraints of a methodology constrain this activity by regulating the transition from one decision to another.
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Prakash, N. (1994). A process view of methodologies. In: Wijers, G., Brinkkemper, S., Wasserman, T. (eds) Advanced Information Systems Engineering. CAiSE 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 811. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58113-8_181
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