<s>
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
is	O
insight	O
into	O
the	O
inner	O
workings	O
and	O
structural	O
condition	O
of	O
software	O
assets	O
produced	O
by	O
software	O
designed	O
to	O
analyze	O
database	O
structure	O
,	O
software	B-Architecture
framework	I-Architecture
and	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
better	O
understand	O
and	O
control	O
complex	O
software	O
systems	O
in	O
Information	B-General_Concept
Technology	I-General_Concept
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
to	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
(	O
BI	O
)	O
,	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
is	O
produced	O
by	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
software	O
tools	O
and	O
techniques	O
for	O
the	O
mining	B-Application
of	I-Application
data	I-Application
and	O
software	O
's	O
inner-structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
Kirk	O
Paul	O
Lafler	O
,	O
an	O
American	O
engineer	O
,	O
entrepreneur	O
,	O
and	O
consultant	O
,	O
and	O
founder	O
of	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
Corporation	O
in	O
1979	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
Ahmed	O
E	O
.	O
Hassan	O
and	O
Tao	O
Xie	O
defined	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
"	O
practice	O
offering	O
software	O
practitioners	O
up-to-date	O
and	O
pertinent	O
information	O
to	O
support	O
their	O
daily	O
decision-making	O
processes	O
and	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
should	O
support	O
decision-making	O
processes	O
throughout	O
the	O
lifetime	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
system	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
go	O
on	O
by	O
defining	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
"	O
strong	O
impact	O
on	O
modern	O
software	O
practice	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
upcoming	O
decades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
complexity	O
and	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
components	O
and	O
subjects	O
implied	O
in	O
software	O
,	O
Software	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
is	O
derived	O
from	O
different	O
aspects	O
of	O
software	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Components	O
result	O
from	O
software	O
coding	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
from	O
external	O
components	O
:	O
Open	B-License
source	I-License
,	O
3rd	O
party	O
components	O
,	O
or	O
frameworks	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
components	O
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
using	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
call	O
to	O
libraries	O
or	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
refers	O
to	O
the	O
structure	O
and	O
organization	O
of	O
elements	O
of	O
a	O
system	O
,	O
relations	O
,	O
and	O
properties	O
among	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
standard	O
definition	O
of	O
software	O
flaws	O
but	O
the	O
most	O
accepted	O
is	O
from	O
The	O
MITRE	O
Corporation	O
where	O
common	O
flaws	O
are	O
cataloged	O
as	O
Common	B-Protocol
Weakness	I-Protocol
Enumeration	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
capabilities	O
of	O
Software	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
platforms	O
include	O
an	O
increasing	O
number	O
of	O
components	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Graphical	O
visualization	O
and	O
blueprinting	O
of	O
the	O
inner	O
structure	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
product	O
or	O
application	O
considered	O
including	O
dependencies	B-Application
,	O
from	O
data	O
acquisition	O
(	O
automated	O
and	O
real-time	O
data	O
capture	O
,	O
end-user	O
entries	O
)	O
up	O
to	O
data	O
storage	O
,	O
the	O
different	O
layers	O
within	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
coupling	B-Application
between	O
all	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grades	O
or	O
scores	O
of	O
the	O
structural	O
and	O
software	O
quality	O
aligned	O
with	O
industry-standard	O
like	O
OMG	B-Architecture
,	O
CISQ	B-Application
or	O
SEI	O
assessing	O
the	O
reliability	O
,	O
security	O
,	O
efficiency	O
,	O
maintainability	O
,	O
and	O
scalability	O
to	O
cloud	O
or	O
other	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
considerations	O
must	O
be	O
made	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
successfully	O
integrate	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
systems	O
in	O
a	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
the	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
system	O
must	O
be	O
accepted	O
and	O
utilized	O
by	O
the	O
users	O
in	O
order	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
add	O
value	O
to	O
the	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
code	O
level	O
and	O
system	O
representation	O
,	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
systems	O
must	O
provide	O
a	O
different	O
level	O
of	O
abstractions	O
:	O
an	O
abstract	O
view	O
for	O
designing	O
,	O
explaining	O
and	O
documenting	O
and	O
a	O
detailed	O
view	O
for	O
understanding	O
and	O
analyzing	O
the	O
software	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
governance	O
level	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
acceptance	O
for	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
covers	O
different	O
areas	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
inner	O
functioning	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
output	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
has	O
many	O
applications	O
in	O
all	O
businesses	O
relating	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
environment	O
,	O
whether	O
it	O
is	O
software	O
for	O
professionals	O
,	O
individuals	O
,	O
or	O
embedded	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Software	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
high-level	O
discipline	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
gradually	O
growing	O
covering	O
applications	O
listed	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
