Models are used in all kinds of engineering disciplines to abstract from the various details of the modelled entity in order to focus on a speci?c aspect. Like a blueprint in civil engineering, a software architecture providesan abstraction from the full software system s complexity. It allows software designers to get an overview on the system underdevelopmentandtoanalyzeitsproperties.Inthissense, modelsarethefoundation needed for software development to become a true engineering discipline. Especially when reasoning on a software system s extra-functional properties, its software...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Wirtschaftsgeographie, Note: 1,0, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat Kiel (Geographisches Institut), 79 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to introduce impact monitoring as a tool of assessing improvement in development projects with a focus on sustainable management of natural resources at municipal level. The impact monitoring system is introduced in theory as well as in practice on the basis of project examples in South Africa. The South African Government...