In the present research, tools and toolchains were investigated
through the perspective of being shared within
software organizations. Particularly, we conducted a literature
review which was combined with a case study, that
took place in two software organizations, in Gothenburg,
Sweden. The different implications of shared tools and
toolchains were studied and especially, their benefits, challenges
and suggested characteristics. The important role
of interoperability was verified, as did the suitability of
a generic software assessment method, to be applied on
shared tools. The paper suggests that further work can be
conducted on the subject, in order to refine the assessment
method and investigate shared tools in ecosystems with external
actors
