Today, it is almost impossible to find a manufacturer who has not been significantly influenced by the quality culture, but it is evident that some are doing more to improve their product quality than others are. The so-called "Chain of Quality" through integrated product development is a useful metaphor since it recognises that quality is a continuing topic of attention throughout the product ...

This paper describes a software development environment called FMS. This environment aims to generate farm management applications through a semi-automatic process with decreasing cost as time evolves, providing domain experts with tools for rapid and reliable information gathering about their production process. It is also related the current situation of FMS, as well as the experience acquire...

Object oriented design, is becoming very popular in software development environment. Object oriented design metrics is an essential part of software environment. Object oriented measurements are used to measure quality of software. The metrics for object oriented design focus on measurements that are applied to the classand design characteristics. These measurements permit designers to access ...

In this paper, we review software development as a document-based process, with the capture of a full but ideal development history as the assumed purpose of the documents concerned. We identify generic requirements for perusal, editing and veriication of such documents, and illustrate how these requirements could be met in a software development environment based on current interaction technol...