"This book introduces an emerging method of software modernization used to effectively manage legacy systems and company operations supported by such systems, covering presents methods, techniques, and new trends on business process archeology as well as some industrial success...

Chapter I. Basic Concepts of Information Systems Auditing / Rafael Rodríguez -- Chapter II. Adoption and Usage Patterns of a Framework for IT Control and Audit / Jane Fedorowicz, Ulric J. Gelinas -- Chapter III. ICT Security Auditing / Arturo Ribagorda, José M. Sierra -- Chapter IV. Audit of...

[Abstract]: The contribution of small enterprises to the software industry is marked, but the level of understanding of the ways in which they can survive, grow and improve is limited. In particular, there has been a lack of information on the long-term outcomes of process improvement...

The goal of any modeling activity is a complete and accurate understanding of the real world domain, within the bounds of the problem at hand and keeping in mind the goals of the actors involved. High quality representations are critical to that understanding. This paper proposes a comprehensive...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to classify the most important metrics proposed for web information systems, with the aim of offering the user a global vision of the state of the research within this area. Design/methodology/approach – WQM distinguishes three dimensions related to web...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to present a brief overview of some proposals for portal quality models. In addition, a comparative study is carried out to determine the similarities and differences of these models. Design/methodology/approach – In order to compare the different...