A three layers software development method: foundations and definition

The role of information systems in modern organizations is constantly growing. They become today an essential component of their competitiveness. But, the software industry isn´t mature and still in crisis. Certainly, all solutions proposed nowadays contribute in a large part to improve the software´s development process productivity and products quality, but they are not sufficient, partly because they ignore some aspects of the software. In this paper, we propose a three layers software development method which takes into account aspects of software that are not always considered. This methodology is based on ten software dimensions and relies on three processes: organizational engineering, software engineering and architecture definition