“…These approaches (Juristo N 1997;Juristo N and Morant J 1998;Basili R V et al 1994;Briand L et al 2002) appear very close to the CIM evaluation methodology presented in this paper, excepting that the CIM approach criteria and questions are driven by user requirements, which are investigated by specific stakeholders in order to address relevant questions using both qualitative and quantitative metrics. The prime characteristics of the CIM approach are its generic application in various software engineering areas of collaborative projects, and its characteristic ability to adapt to different evaluation methods/techniques, including questionnaire, code inspection, unit testing, model checking, walkthrough, white and black box testing (Sommerville I 2006).…”