The phrase "a formal methodology" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a structured and systematic approach to a particular process or study.
Example: "In our research, we adopted a formal methodology to ensure the validity and reliability of our findings."
Alternatives: "a structured approach" or "a systematic method."
We present a formal methodology for adapting components with mismatching interaction behaviour.
This paper presents a formal methodology for modelling knowledge included in safety standards.
We present here a formal methodology for the soft adaptation of components presenting mismatching interaction behaviours.
I read a ton of existing literature and came up with a formal methodology for search I called Customer Development.
The company even has a formal methodology for this process titled Design Probes, which looks at far-future lifestyle scenarios, which culminate in a design provocation.
A formal methodology is presented for high fidelity analysis and design optimization of structures undergoing electrostatic fluid structure interaction.
It introduces an initial set of online user centered assessment techniques that can be expanded into a more formal methodology, which merges electronic usability assessment with traditional techniques.
Although there exist many experiences about using archetypes in the literature, a comprehensive and formal methodology for archetype modeling does not exist.
Although current medical imaging systems generate activity logs, there is a lack of formal methodology to interpret these large volumes of log data and generate HIPAA compliant auditing trails.
First, Novalis is well aware that Bildung, the call to self-understanding and autonomy through an engagement with tradition and other cultures, cannot proceed by way of an appeal to formal methodology.
Betty and Dana used an even more formal methodology.
