Method content provides step-by-step explanations, describing how specific development goals are achieved, independent of the placement of these steps within a development lifecycle. Processes take these method elements and relate them into semi-ordered sequences that are customized to specific types of projects.
Method content elements are:
A Process Engineer authors these elements, defines the relationships between them, and then categorizes them.
For example, a software development project that develops an application from scratch performs development tasks such as "Develop Vision" or "Use Case Design" similar to a project that extends an existing software system. However, the two projects perform the tasks at different points in time and with a different emphasis, that is, they perform the steps of these tasks at different points of time and perhaps apply individual variations and additions.
Method content elements are contained within method content packages that, in turn, are contained within a Method plug-in. In order to separate your own content from original OpenUp content, always create new method content in a method plug-in that you produce. Creating method content in a method plug-in of your own also allows you to update your own library with new releases of the OpenUp library without affecting the content that you have created in your own plug-ins.