ProEvaluator: A Tool for Evaluating Software Processes

• Juliana Moura Cavalcanti Xavier SERPRO
• Alexandre Marcos Lind de Vasconcelos UFPE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2008.15544

Abstract

In December 2003, SOFTEX (Association for Promoting Brazilian Software Excellence) launched the MPS.BR (the Model for Brazilian Software Process Improvement). The MA-MPS (MPS.BR Evaluation Method) was created to check if the organizations meet the requirements of such model. This paper presents a tool to support the activities described in the MA-MPS method. The tool allows the record of the process execution evidences, the attribution of concepts to the process expected results and, from that point, calculates automatically the maturity level of the organization and releases a final report with the evaluation results.

Keywords: ProEvaluator, Evaluation, Software Processes

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