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Development of a software product consists of life cycle processes for different activities such as planning, developing and integrating software components. Organizations adapt different process methodologies to develop a software product. To manage these processes, tools are continuously introduced to develop well-defined processes to help organizations achieve their goals and business objectives on time, and with better quality products.

In this thesis, we evaluated two process authoring tools namely IRIS Process Author (IPA) and Eclipse Process Framework Composer (EPF Composer) for their suitability to support ABB software development processes. To capture the existing process, a series of interviews were conducted with development teams and process integrators. An extended evaluation criteria, based on Kellner’s requirements framework, was considered to evaluate process modeling aspects of the tools. Finally, the evaluations results were discussed and suggestions were made on the usability of tools to improve the organization’s integration processes in particular. IPA is validated as a suitable tool for process modeling of ABB software development activities.