Over the last years, software architecture design has gained significant importance in both, industrial and research areas due to its relevance in the software system development process. In this context, special attention ...

The facility layout planning is an important factor of production systems. It is an important step of the facility planning process where converge determinants from business strategy, economic and work factors, among ...

This paper aims at identifying some of the key factors in adopting an organization-wide software reuse program. The factors are derived from practical experience reported by industry professionals, through a survey involving ...

Software development is an activity in constant change over time. Given the complexity and high cost that exists in software construction, there is high demand, especially in the software industries, for methodologies and ...

GQM+Strategies is an approach that aligns the business goals at each level of an organization to strategies and assesses the achievement of goals. The IDEAL model is an organizational improvement model. In this paper, ...