Software Configuration Management Policies for Research Group Environments

• Felipe Fernandes da Silva UEM
• Aline Maria Malachini Miotto Amaral UEM
• Thelma Elita Colanzi UEM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/eres.2020.13738

Abstract

Considering an increasingly dynamic scenario that requires constant change, today's software development requires people and organizations to control the quality of artifacts generated throughout their process. Changes in software artifacts can occur for a variety of factors, whether for correcting functionality or adapting to new business demand. Besides, such artifacts are generally elaborated collaboratively what makes that in order to ensure their quality it is necessary the adoption of Software Configuration Management (SCM) practices. Computing research group environments resemble in many aspects software development environments, in which the main artifact produced is software. These software, elaborated over several researches and by many researchers, need to have their quality controlled. In this sense, the objective of this work is to propose a set of SCM policies for research group environments. It is expected that with the implementation of policies such as the proposals the quality of software developed in academic environments can be improved.

Keywords: version control, quality, reserach group

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