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A Development Framework to Standardize Software Engineering Practices

Authors:
Jishu Guin
Michele Macrì
Andrus Kuus

Keywords: Matrix; RUP; Empirical; Software; Engineering; Practice.

Abstract:
The success of an engineering organization evidently depends on the growth of its engineers and the advancement of engineering. In order to realize these two broad factors, there must be inherent support for them at the organizational level. A well suited organization structure can, by virtue of its design, guide the engineering process to attain continuous growth of engineers and advancement of the field. This work explores the potential of matrix organizational structure combined with elements of Rational Unified Process (RUP) as a candidate to drive the success factors towards a desirable direction. The functional units of the matrix are mapped to the major phases of conventional software development process from requirement engineering to testing. The units or groups operate in compliance with the principles of RUP. The work at its current stage is a proposal of the framework and does not attempt to build a theory that can be verified empirically. However, empirical research methods have been considered as a way forward for future work. This paper, based on a preliminary analysis, attempts to show that the proposed structure not only can provide a platform for sustainable growth of engineers and advancement of engineering by incorporating standard engineering practices and methods in software development but also build a synergy to support more significant and challenging endeavors in future.

Pages: 11 to 15

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: February 23, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8394

ISBN: 978-1-61208-776-4

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from February 23, 2020 to February 27, 2020