Information Systems (IS) has become one of the most valuable assets of modern organizations where they play a critical role in supporting operational and decision processes. Nevertheless, despite the large part of organizations resources invested in information technology, development of...

Nowadays, improvement of software development productivity is among the main strategies proposed by academics and practitioners to deal with the chronic software crisis. As stressed by many authors during the last two decades, reuse of software artifacts provides efficient instruments to...

Modern organizations are significantly affected by the breakthroughs in the field of information technology. In particular, software systems play a critical role in supporting organizations operational and decisional processes. Given that the costs of development and maintenance of software...