On generic method models

The generic method model assumes that methods abound and method engineering and application engineering is done in diverse areas. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the notion of a method independent of information systems and software engineering. The generic model presented here abstracts out from product and process meta-models to define a system of concepts that can be used in any domain. Additionally, it integrates in it essential features of methods like quality checking, guidance, backtracking, and traceability. The proposed generic model looks upon a method in two parts, the static and the dynamic parts. The former provides the basic structure of a method whereas the latter is the enactment support provided for application development. The static part provides the notion of method blocks and dependencies between them. Method blocks can be enacted. The generic model is a triple where M is the set of method blocks, D is the set of dependencies between method blocks, and E is the enactment mechanism.

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