This chapter presents Hutchinson's Metamethodology, which is a methodology for building methodologies. The methodology is composed of a set of rules and procedures that, when followed and applied to any problem area, will result in a systematic set of procedures for dealing with that problem area. The following major processes of the methodology are described: (1) preparation process; (2) choice of a problem area; (3) choice of a purpose for the methodology; (4) test for acceptability; (5) analysis of the implications of the purpose for the general steps that the methodology should contain; (6) production of an operational definition of the purpose of the methodology; (7) production of detailed operational steps of the methodology; and (8) performance of research on the methodology in order to identify problems and correct them. Seventeen figures are provided. (30 references) (Author/EW)