  Process patterns represent well-structured and successful recurring
activities of Software Development Methodologies. They are able to form a
library of reusable building blocks that can be utilized in Situational Method
Engineering for constructing a custom SDM or enhancing an existing one to fit
specific project situation. Recently, some researchers have subjectively
extracted process patterns from existing SDMs based on cumulative experience in
various domains; however, how to objectively extract process patterns from SDMs
by adopting a systematic procedure has remained as question. In this regard,
this paper is concerned with a procedure aiming to take process patterns out of
existing SDMs. An example illustrates applicability of the proposed procedure
for extracting process patterns in a specific context.
