Relevant Practices in Software Engineering: an expert assessment

• Mauro Oddo Nogueira UFRJ
• Ana Regina Cavalcanti da Rocha UFRJ

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2003.15696

Abstract

The Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia – MCT do Brasil, through the Secretaria de Política de Informática e Automação – SEPIN, accomplishes, every two years, a research that aims at an evaluation of the Brazilian software industry profile, where it concerns Quality. This research is carried out through a form, which is handed out to a significant portion of the industry. In it, Software Engineering practices, documentation and tools are listed. However, there is no consensus to which of these are effectively relevant to the software quality. This essay, consisting in a survey with specialists, has in view identify which of these practices, documentation and tools can really affect software quality. Its results allow not only the improvement of the SEPIN research, but also aid managers and developers, helping them in the conforming of their software processes.

Keywords: Software Quality, Software Engineering, Documentation, Tools

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