Methodology

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Methodology is the study of the methods involved in some field or endeavor, or in problem solving. It is a subfield of epistemology. Most sciences have their own specific methodology. Methodology is sometimes used synonymously with "method", particularly a complex method or body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline. Some usage arbiters regard this usage as pretentious and questionable.

In software engineering and project management, a methodology is a codified set of recommended practices, sometimes accompanied by training materials, formal educational programs, worksheets, and diagramming tools.

The term is also used in the humanities; in literary criticism, a methodology refers to the critical approach, theoretical heuristics, and assumptions about the relationship with the historical and literary context with which a critic analyzes a particular text.

See also

• Power of a method

External links

• Usage note on the word Methodology