For models used in model-based testing, the evaluation of their testability is an important issue. Existing approaches lack some relevant aspects for a systematic and comprehensive evaluation. Either they do (1) not consider the context of software models, (2) not offer a systematic process for selecting and developing right measurements, (3) not define a consistent and common quality understan...

Modeling an ontology is a hard and time-consuming task. Although methodologies are useful for ontologists to create good ontologies, they do not help with the task of evaluating the quality of the ontology to be reused. For these reasons, it is imperative to evaluate the quality of the ontology after constructing it or before reusing it. Few studies usually present only a set of criteria and qu...

The paper describes the experiences of Dräger Medical Technology in the ESPRIT project PROFES (PROduct Focussed improvement For Embedded Software processes). Dräger has participated as an application provider (industry partner) in the PROFES project and has implemented a software process improvement programme with the goal to improve product quality in the main areas of product reliability, fit...

European Union countries aspire to create, through the implementation of the Bologna Process, an open European Higher Education Area, which increases the attractiveness of European higher education and the competitiveness of Europeans in the international labour market. This paper examines the importance of the Bologna Process in countries outside Europe and how effective implementation of a Qu...

the term paradigm has become a central issue in philosophy of science. increasing attention to paradigm in public administration, as a branch of social science, is also highlighted. this paper attempts to analysis seven paradigms in public administration research and to study ontological, epistemological, methodological, rhetorical and axiological assumptions of the each paradigm. finally, we b...

The paper describes an approach, which we developed to assess the expected quality of software for a huge governmental system. The assessment was done on behalf of the customer, and not of the development company, and was performed within two years along with the software development process. Our approach was based on a modification to GQM and was focused on the evaluation of the quality of met...

To apply enterprise information systems more widely, it is necessary to evaluate their adaptability. In this paper, firstly, an index set of adaptability evaluation system based on object-based knowledge mesh (OKM) is proposed and then, according to goal-question-metrics (GQM) for enterprise information systems, and the quantitative measurement is given. Second, based on similarity to ideal sol...

For interactions to be possible within the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) ecosystem, each actor must be enough confident of other actors to engage safely in the interactions. Therefore, the establishing of objective metrics tailored to the context of SOA that show security of a system and lead to enhancements is very attractive. The purpose of our paper is to present a GQM (Goal Question M...