The operational research literature often presents papers result of collaborative work between universities and third parties. However, despite the popularity of these scenarios, to the best of our knowledge no software development methodology or framework can be found in the literature to aid the development of decision support systems in such environment. Therefore we propose a methodological framework intended to aid on the communication between academics and information system developers, integration of the information management system and the decision support module, and to provide a better development environment for the academics. Moreover, the framework aims to provide liberty for academics and developers to work as they consider better, hence not restraining anyone. The framework is divided into three main components: the building of a data model, a data extractor and validator and a solution visualization and auxiliary platform.#R##N##R##N#These elements directly or indirectly improve and collaborate to the research and the development of the decision support system. We also present the application of the framework to a real scenario and the positive outcome obtained.
['Rodrigo Lankaites Pinheiro', 'Dario Landa-Silva']
A Development and Integration Framework for Optimisation-based Enterprise Solutions