- 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.
