Defining Software Acquisition Processes Using a Reuse-Based Approach
Abstract
The organizations must develop both in terms of quality as well as productivity, reducing costs and becoming competitive to enable their survival in the market. One of the processes used by enterprises to gain competitiveness is by outsourcing their activities. The lack of adequate processes may cause the failure of software projects involving software acquisition. This paper aims at presenting an approach to the definition of acquisition processes, taking the different contexts into consideration, through the definition of a Software process Line (SPL). We expect that this approach will facilitate processes definition, reuse of the knowledge model on the SPL, and minimize problems related to the software acquisition as well as support to execute software acquisition more efficiently.
Keywords:
Process Definition, Software Acquisition, Reuse
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IEEE STD 1062, E., 1998, "IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Acquisition ", IEEE (Software Engineering Standards Committee of the IEEE Computer Society).
ISO/IEC, 2008, "Systems and software engineering – Software life cycle processes", The International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission, v. ISO/IEC 12207:2008.
JALIL, Z., HANIF, A., 2009, "Improving management of outsourced software projects in Pakistan", 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, ICCSIT 2009, p. 524-528.
JAMIESON, D., VINSEN, K., CALLENDER, G., 2005, "Agile procurement: New acquisition approach to agile software development", v. 2005, p. 266-273, Porto, Portugal.
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KWAN, T.W., LEUNG, H.K.N., 2004, "Project perspective of software acquisition practices", Eigtht IASTED International Conf. on Software Engineering and Applications, p. 456-464.
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NUNES, E., BARRETO, A.S., ROCHA, A.R.C., et al., 2010, "Definição de Processos de Aquisição de Software para Reutilização", Conferência Latino-americana de Informática (CLEI), 2010, Assunção - Paraguai.
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REIS, R.Q., 2002, "APSEE-Reuse: Um Meta-Modelo para Apoiar a Reutilização de Processos de Software", Tese de D.Sc., PPGC, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
SEI, 2010, "CMMI® for Development (CMMI-DEV), V1.3", Software Engineering Institute.
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SPEM, 2006, "SPEM - Software Process Engineering Metamodel, Object Management Group."
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Published
2012-07-11
How to Cite
NUNES, Elaine Duarte; ROCHA, Ana Regina; SANTOS, Gleison.
Defining Software Acquisition Processes Using a Reuse-Based Approach. In: BRAZILIAN SOFTWARE QUALITY SYMPOSIUM (SBQS), 11. , 2012, Fortaleza.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2012
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p. 289-303.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2012.15323.
