The issue of modeling is tightly coupled with that of
methods. For practical purposes, a method is a notation
(or set of notations) supported by a process which guides
the application of the notations. There is little empirical
evidence to support claims for the superiority of one
notation over another. However, the widespread
acceptance of a particular method or notation can lead to
beneficial industry-wide pooling of skills and knowledge.
This is currently the situation with the UML (Unified
Modeling Language)