- Those who want to learn about AOM ?nd in this special issue a concise
collection of descriptions of solid and mature AOM approaches. They only
have to take the time to understand one case study in order to
appreciate the sample models shown in all papers. - Those who want to
apply AOM for a particular purpose and are looking for the most
appropriate AOM technique can use the papers presented in this
specialissue to identify the mostpromisingapproach(es).By identifying
similarities between their problem and the case study they should be
able to determine candidate AOM approaches easily. - Those working on
their own AOM approach can readily identify approaches that were able to
handle concerns that their own approach is not able to handle elegantly.
This stimulates cross-fertilization between approaches and collaborative
research. - Thoseengineering researchersthat areworkingon enhancing
softwaredev- opment processes can use the example models presented in
this special issue to understand the potential bene?ts of using AOM
techniques at di?erent phases of the software development life-cycle.