Performing Assembly-Based Method Engineering by Architecture-Centric Method Engineering Approach

Due to the necessity for methods that are able to handle complexities of systems, use of method engineering (ME) to construct more adaptable and flexible methods has become of importance. Assembly-based approach is the most well-known approach of ME that performs method construction by reusing and assembling different method fragments. This approach, like other approaches of ME, suffers from the lack of suitable guidelines. In this way, architecture-centric method engineering (ArCME) is a new approach which aims at performing ME processes in a more disciplined and cohesive way. In this paper, process of assembly-based ME is enhanced by ArCME. Furthermore, benefits of implementing the process and all activities under the structure of architecture styles versus other proposed approaches and additional tools, that should be used with assembly based approach to make it applicable, are included.