Characterizing the software development context has been recognized as relevant
for a variety of purposes, particularly for tailoring the organizational
software processes according to the features of each project to be addressed.
That tailoring activity makes the software processes more efficient and
effective. However, formally modeling software development contexts, which is
usually required to perform this tailoring activity, represents a challenge for
many organizations, and particularly for small software companies, which
usually have low expertise and resources to deal with formal methods and
notations. This paper presents a usable software tool for defining the software
development context for an organization and also for particular projects.
Preliminary evaluations of the tool usability and usefulness have been
performed. The obtained results indicate that the tool provides all the
services required to model development context, and potential users found it
easy to use.