Procedure

The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.

A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

That which results; issue; product.

a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work; "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"

a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program