Investigating elementary design methods

S. Zier, N. Reiss, A. Bohn, H. Birkhofer zier@pmd.tu-darmstadt.de The aim of investigating elementary methods is to increase the acceptance of methodical working in practice by developing a systematic approach for the deduction, description and improvement of design methods. The purpose of this paper is to give an overview about the goals and modularization methods of design methods with the Genome Approach.