Definition of ME
Mechanisms:
- "A common model for representing, critiquing, and constructing methods"
- conceptual structures and representational forms
- procedural steps and sequences
- role assignments
Analogy to software engineering:
- ME seeks to develop and improve ISD methods by applying systematic and rigorous principles. It builds metasystems or design systems for software engineers
- Like software engineering is supported by ISD methods, similarly ME is driven by a (meta)methods.