Abstract: A method for determining a measurement strategy for measuring a measurement object includes determining a test element of the measurement object. There is an automated test for the test element as to whether there is an applicable measurement rule in a measurement rule set of measurement rules defined in advance. An applicable measurement rule is added to a new measurement strategy or the test element-specific measurement rule of an existing measurement strategy is altered based on an applicable measurement rule. The measurement rules of the measurement rule set are determined by virtue of a measurement rule and at least one test criterion in respect of the applicability thereof being set for a test element by a user or in (partly) automated fashion. The measurement rule defines at least one parameter for measuring the test element.