Software System Evolution Driven by Business Alignment Measure

Abstract

The alignment degree existing between a business process and the supporting software systems expresses at which extent the software systems support the business process. This measure can be used for indicating business requirements that the software systems do not implement. Methods are needed for identifying the software changes to be performed for increasing and keeping an adequate alignment level. This paper proposes an approach for managing the alignment, codifying the alignment concept with the aim of measuring it, detecting misalignment, identifying software evolution changes.