Method engineering
![Example of a Method Engineering Process. This figure provides a process-oriented view of the approach used to develop prototype IDEF9 method concepts, a procedure, and candidate graphical and textual language elements.[1]](/uploads/202501/27/Method_engineering_process4015.jpg)
- Not to be confused with Methods engineering, a subspecialty of Industrial engineering
Method engineering in the "field of information systems is the discipline to construct new methods from existing methods". It focuses on "the design, construction and evaluation of methods, techniques and support tools for information systems development".