Musawwer Khan¹, Islam Ali¹, Shahzada Khurram², Salman Naseer³, Shafiq Ahmad⁴, Ahmed T. Soliman⁴, Akber Abid Gardezi⁵, Muhammad Shafiq^6,*, Jin-Ghoo Choi⁶

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 3849-3863, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.027387

Abstract The effectiveness of the Business Intelligence (BI) system mainly depends on the quality of knowledge it produces. The decision-making process is hindered, and the user’s trust is lost, if the knowledge offered is undesired or of poor quality. A Data Warehouse (DW) is a huge collection of data gathered from many sources and an important part of any BI solution to assist management in making better decisions. The Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) process is the backbone of a DW system, and it is responsible for moving data from source systems into the DW system. The more mature the ETL… More >

Islam Ali¹, Syed Muhammad Ali¹, Waqar Mehmood², Wasif Nisar¹, Muhammad Qaiser Saleem³, Majzoob K. Omer³, Mahmood Niazi⁴, Muhammad Shafiq⁵, Jin-Ghoo Choi^5,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.31, No.1, pp. 387-405, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.015955

Abstract The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a renowned Software Process Improvement (SPI) framework. Research studies have revealed that CMMI adoption needs a lot of resources in terms of training, funds, and professional workers. However, the software SMEs (SSMEs) have few resources and cannot adopt CMMI. One of the challenges of adopting CMMI is that CMMI tells “What to do?” as requirements to be met, and leaves “How to do?” to the implementers. The software industry especially SSMEs faces difficulties in successfully implementing various process areas (PAs) particularly Configuration Management Process Area (CM-PA). SG-2 (Track and control changes) is one… More >

Islam Ali¹, Wasif Nisar¹, Waqar Mehmood², Muhammad Qaiser Saleem³, Ali S. Ahmed³, Haysam E. Elamin⁴, Mahmood Niazi⁵, Muhammad Shafiq^6,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.28, No.3, pp. 693-713, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.016381

Abstract Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is used for Software Process Improvement (SPI) worldwide. Research reveals that CMMI adoption needs a lot of resources in terms of training, funds, and professional workers. Software Small & Medium Enterprises (SSMEs) cannot, however, reserve resources for the purpose. One of the challenges of CMMI adoption is that CMMI identifies “What-to-Do” as a requirement to fulfill and leaves “How-To-Do” to implementers. Implementation of Configuration Management Process Area (CM-PA), being one of the umbrella activities, presents more obstacles generally to the software industry and particularly to SSMEs as compared to other PAs. Establish software baselines is… More >

Islam Ali¹, Musawwer Khan¹, Waqar Mehmood¹, Wasif Nisar¹, Waqar Aslam², Muhammad Qaiser Saleem³, Majzoob K. Omer³, Muhammad Shafiq^4,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.27, No.3, pp. 605-623, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.014639

Abstract Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a world-renowned framework for software process improvement, which specifies “What-To-Do” in terms of requirements. However, it leaves the “How-To-Do” part regarding implementation to implementers. The software industry especially software SMEs (SSMEs) faces difficulties in implementing the Specific Practices (SPs) of Various Process Areas (PAs). Configuration Management Process Area (CM-PA) is usually ignored despite its acknowledged importance in the software development process. Establishing integrity is one of the three Specific Goals (SGs) that CMMI ver. 1.3 requires for successful implementation of CM-PA. This goal is achieved through the implementation of two SPs (i.e., 3.1 and… More >

Musawwer Khan¹, Islam Ali¹, Waqar Mehmood¹, Wasif Nisar¹, Waqar Aslam², Muhammad Shafiq³, Jin-Ghoo Choi^3,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.27, No.2, pp. 311-331, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.014280

Abstract Legacy systems deteriorate due to changing business practices and recurrent problems such as high maintenance cost, lack of agility, and degraded performance. Modernization is highly desired especially for those organizations where key business processes are managed by legacy systems. During modernizing, two important aspects are usually ignored, i.e., the transformation of a legacy system to an enterprise solution, and considerations of quality concerns. This overlooking leads to a modernized information system that partially achieves the expected outcome. In this paper, we propose a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Compliant Modernization Framework (CCMF) that addresses the problems of legacy systems by… More >