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Knowledge-based Tool for Software Process Assessment and Improvement

Authors:
Maria Silva
Ana Correia
Carlos Costa
Leandro Silva
Rodrigo Praes
João Sousa
Gustavo Carvalho
Rodrigo Paes

Keywords: Software Quality Improvement; Software Quality Assessment; Knowledge Based Tool.

Abstract:
Although many organizations are aware of the importance of using well-defined and organized software development process, they face the problem of how to define and institutionalize it in practice. In order to solve these problems, several process models, maturity models and quality standards have been developed, but the variety of disciplines, methodologies, and best practices is large. This amount of information leads to an overload and can make the task of defining a software process complicated and expensive. To deal with scenario, this paper proposes an approach with two main goals: (i) to develop a model for organizing the knowledge on software engineering; (ii) to develop a software tool to support the model. Once the knowledge base becomes accessible through a tool, organizations can use it as a guide to a software quality improvement program.

Pages: 1 to 7

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2010

Publication date: November 21, 2010

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3735

ISBN: 978-1-61208-107-6

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 21, 2010 to November 26, 2010