Beside all the universal aspects of the group's research work results, they are of a specific importance for Slovenia. Primarily, the results will help Slovenian companies to improve their maturity and quality of both the software development and maintenance processes. An important aspect is the capability of method and process adaptation to the needs and requirements of a specific (Slovene) environment. The research results will allow companies to adopt new standards faster. This leads to the unification of used approaches and technologies with the trends of a broader working environment (primarily European Union), and in a long-term a better competitive position and existence. It has to be considered, that not only software development companies are influenced by the e-commerce, but practically all branches of businesses; additionally, attention for new legislation is needed. The research results will also enable companies to develop their decision support models, both from a business and a production points of view. Information extraction from data is the key factor in the quest for improving the decision quality; in this sense also for the competitive position of companies. The introduction of new knowledge to companies, performed primarily through the COT (Centre for Object Technology) and SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network), will enable companies to generate new ideas which will hopefully lead to new business opportunities. Additionally, new knowledge will allow companies to consistently develop new, innovative solutions with a higher added value. With a renewed force of Slovenian process industry an increased need for knowledge and experience about embedded systems design has arisen. In the past, in this area Slovenia have had a comparative advantage regarding the developing countries, because of the developed industry; successful research of the state-of-the-art aspects in this domain can also contribute to this advantage. Research and development results will also contribute to the enrichment of Slovenian professional terminology and vocabulary. The group transfers its results, cognitions and achievements into the practice, both by publications as well as by enforced knowledge transfer and expansion mechanisms.