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methodology
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A specific way of performing an operation that implies precise deliverables at the end of each stage.

1.(programming)methodology - An organised, documented set of procedures and guidelines for one or more phases of the software life cycle, such as analysis or design. Many methodologies include a diagramming notation for documenting the results of the procedure; a step-by-step "cookbook" approach for carrying out the procedure; and an objective (ideally quantified) set of criteria for determining whether the results of the procedure are of acceptable quality.

An example is The Yourdon methodology.
2.methodology - A pretentious way of saying "method".
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As interest in the construct develops, hardiness methodologists will need to reach some consensus on how to assess it.
Correlating hardiness with graduation persistence by Bigbee, Dalton / Academic Exchange Quarterly
A national or international collaborative research network consisting of infections disease clinicians, microbiologists, epidemiologists, and clinical trial methodologists should be established.
Clinical trials and novel pathogens: lessons learned from SAR-S by Gold, Wayne L. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
To identify just one instance, it is surprising that the implications of Alan Colquhoun's important 1967 essay, 'Typology and Design Method', in offering a culturally grounded challenge to the precepts of the design methodologists are not taken further, particularly since this would add more weight to Corona-Martinez's thesis.
Architectural procession: The Architectural Project by Hawkes, Dean / The Architectural Review
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