The TAME project aims to develop an improvement-oriented software engineering process model that integrates sound planning and analysis into the construction process. Based on a dozen years of analyzing software engineering processes and products, the project has formulated ten software engineering principles and fourteen measurement principles. These principles emphasize the need for software engineering process models that are both tailorable and tractable, allowing for adaptation to specific project environments and organizational needs. The TAME project uses the goal/question/metric (GQM) paradigm to formalize the improvement paradigm, enabling the integration of constructive and analytic aspects of software development. The TAME system is an instantiation of this process model as an Integrated Software Engineering Environment (ISEE). The system provides mechanisms for formalizing characterization and planning tasks, controlling and improving projects through quantitative analysis, and feeding experience back into current and future projects. The TAME system supports automated data collection, validation, and analysis, as well as interpretation of results and feedback for improvement. The system also includes mechanisms for learning and feedback, enabling the refinement of execution models, methods, and tools. The TAME system's requirements include a homogeneous user interface, effective data presentation, storage and retrieval of relevant data in an experience base, access control and security strategies, and configuration management and control strategies. The system is designed to support planning, construction, learning, and feedback effectively. The TAME project's long-term goal is to develop a better understanding of appropriate ISEE architectures that optimally support the improvement-oriented TAME software engineering process model.The TAME project aims to develop an improvement-oriented software engineering process model that integrates sound planning and analysis into the construction process. Based on a dozen years of analyzing software engineering processes and products, the project has formulated ten software engineering principles and fourteen measurement principles. These principles emphasize the need for software engineering process models that are both tailorable and tractable, allowing for adaptation to specific project environments and organizational needs. The TAME project uses the goal/question/metric (GQM) paradigm to formalize the improvement paradigm, enabling the integration of constructive and analytic aspects of software development. The TAME system is an instantiation of this process model as an Integrated Software Engineering Environment (ISEE). The system provides mechanisms for formalizing characterization and planning tasks, controlling and improving projects through quantitative analysis, and feeding experience back into current and future projects. The TAME system supports automated data collection, validation, and analysis, as well as interpretation of results and feedback for improvement. The system also includes mechanisms for learning and feedback, enabling the refinement of execution models, methods, and tools. The TAME system's requirements include a homogeneous user interface, effective data presentation, storage and retrieval of relevant data in an experience base, access control and security strategies, and configuration management and control strategies. The system is designed to support planning, construction, learning, and feedback effectively. The TAME project's long-term goal is to develop a better understanding of appropriate ISEE architectures that optimally support the improvement-oriented TAME software engineering process model.