Process Improvement in Software and Hardware Development - The Maxtrack Case

  • Etiene Guerra Maxtrack Industrial
  • Gustavo Horta Travassos Maxtrack Industrial
  • Gleison Santos UFRJ
  • Sômulo Mafra UFRJ
  • Ahilton Barreto UFRJ
  • Ana Regina Rocha UFRJ

Abstract


Maxtrack is a Brazilian company that produces logistic applications and automatic vehicle location solutions through the development and integration of both hardware and software. This paper describes Maxtrack experience in the deployment of a quality program aiming to improve the development of their software and hardware products. In January 2006 the company was successfully evaluated as CMMI Level 2. Difficulties, successes factors and lessons learned of the software process deployment program are also described in this paper.
Keywords: Process Improvement, Software and Hardware Development, Maxtrack

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Published
2006-05-29
GUERRA, Etiene; TRAVASSOS, Gustavo Horta; SANTOS, Gleison; MAFRA, Sômulo; BARRETO, Ahilton; ROCHA, Ana Regina. Process Improvement in Software and Hardware Development - The Maxtrack Case. In: BRAZILIAN SOFTWARE QUALITY SYMPOSIUM (SBQS), 5. , 2006, Vila Velha. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2006 . p. 326-333. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2006.15619.