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Applications Backlog.
(COR 3) The amount of IS 
applications that the IS-developing unit has delayed. 
This indicator will be measured through six (6) 
variables. 
d)
IS-strategic vision.
(COR 4) The degree of 
relevance granted by the organization to the IS in 
order to survive or develop competitive advantages. 
This indicator will be measured through three (3) 
variables. 
Table 1. Conceptual definition of the External Organizational Factors. Adapted from [20,25,27]. 
The reference framework provided by Figure 1 lists and classifies the proposed organizational 
factors (Image, Corporation, Management and Operation) as well as their indicators. As you can 
see in Figure 1, the 
Adoption and use of CASE tools
is highlighted; in this sense, the object of this 
model is to analyze and compare experiences across companies, with CASE technology, to 
establish the performance of the organizations that have had success in the adoption and use of 
CASE tools. Because of this, in the section of the analysis of results, emphasis is made on the 
behavior of the organizational indicators (independent variables) proposed in order to determine 
the strengths and weaknesses within the organizations that have had successful experience 
adopting and using CASE tools (dependent variable). In this way, it will be possible to give to any 
organization, which wants to improve their IS-development process in a future, some ideas about 
the conditions that could facilitate the acquisition of CASE tools. 
Refer to [27] for a detailed explanation and justification of each factor and a complete definition 
and formulation of the variables that allow measurement of each indicator shown by Tables 1 and 
2. 
These encompass the aspects which, from the organization standpoint, influence the acquisition and use of 

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CASE tools by the IS-developing unit, and which can be controlled by it. 
MANAGEMENT 
This refers to the development of management 
processes within the IS-developing unit: from the 
point of view of how the IS-development projects are 
conducted with the use of CASE tools and from the 
point of view of the unit direction to achieve its 
objectives. Its indicators are: 
a)