Plan, methods and methodologies

Plan, methods and methodologies :

A plan for an activity must be based on some idea of a method of work. To take a simple example, if you were asked to test some software, even though you do not know anything about the software to be tested, you could assume that you would need to:

  • Analyze the requirements for the software.
  • Devise and write test cases that will check that each requirement has been satisfied.
  • Create test scripts and expected results for each test case.
  • Compare the actual results and the expected results and identity discrepancies.

While a method relates to a type of activity in general, a plan takes that method and converts it to real activities, identifying for each activity.

·         Its start and end dates.

·         Who will carry it out.

·         What tools and materials will used.

‘Materials’ in this context could include information, for example a requirements document.

            With complex procedures, several methods may be deployed, in sequence or in parallel. The output form one methods might be the input to another. Groups of methods or techniques are often referred to as methodologies. Object-oriented design, for example can be seen as a methodology made up of several component methods.

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