Sample project tree organization

\
 +- bin                     -- Build output goes here
 |   +- common              -- [optional] Working directory for debugging both release and debug builds
 |   \- runtime             -- Compilation output: binaries, dlls, etc.
 |       +- Debug           --   for Debug configuration
 |       +- Release         --   for Release configuration
 |
 +- build                   -- Compilation directory (keeps all intermediate output separate)
 |
 +- deps                    -- Third party software, prebuilt libraries
 |   +- bin                 -- All the .DLLs and corresponding .PDBs (debugging symbols)
 |   +- include             -- All header files
 |   +- lib                 -- All the import libraries for .DLLs
 |   |   \- static          -- All the static libraries
 |   +- *.cmake             -- CMake modules for all the libraries
 |
 +- dist                    -- [optional] Packages for distribution get built here
 |
 +- src
 |   +- library_1           -- library with reusable code from M1
 |   |   +- subdirs         -- with more code
 |   |   +- tests           -- all tests for this lib
 |   |   +- *.[ch]pp        -- code
 |   |   \- CMakeLists.txt  -- [optional] build system file
 |   +- library_2
 |   +- library_3
 |   +- library_4
 |   +- library_5
 |   +- app_1               -- non-reusable code from M1
 |   |   +- subdirs         -- with more code
 |   |   +- tests           -- all tests for the code in here
 |   |   +- *.[ch]pp        -- code
 |   |   \- CMakeLists.txt  -- [optional] build system file
 |   +- app_2
 |   +- app_3
 |   +- app_4
 |   +- app_5
 |   \- CMakeLists.txt      -- [optional] build system file
 |
 +- scripts                 -- [optional] utility scripts
 +- tools                   -- [optional] additional tools
 +- CMakeLists.txt          -- [optional] top level build system file
 +- README
 \- ...