software method

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Software Methodology
Software Method

   <programming> The study of how to navigate through each phase
   of the software process model (determining data, control, or
   uses hierarchies, partitioning functions, and allocating
   requirements) and how to represent phase products (structure
   charts, stimulus-response threads, and {state transition
   diagrams}).

   (1996-05-29)