Towards an integrated quality-oriented modeling approach for software evolution control

The operating environment can be significant for an applied change on a software artifact to propagate its mpact on the other components of the system. We present a modeling approach for tracing the reliable qualitative change impact flow during the software evolution. The approach is implemented as a framework including software specific information data gathering and automatic mechanism providing both structural and qualitative change impact analysis. This facilitates the decision making during the software evolution and maintenance processes.