Improvement of Software Processes and Evolution of Software Development Environments based on Domain Knowledge and Organizational Culture

• Karina Villela UFRJ / FBC
• Gleison Santos UFRJ
• Guilherme H. Travassos UFRJ
• Ana Regina Rocha UFRJ

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2002.16215

Abstract

The search for quality and productivity improvements has encouraged organizations to focus on their software processes. This effort comprises defining a software process and setting improvement goals by taking into account good software engineering practices. However, our experience on defining software processes for several organizations has shown us that domain knowledge and organizational culture are important aspects to consider in software process improvement. This way we describe how our approach to define software processes and to provide automated support for software development has evolved to deal with such aspects. The result has been the appearance of two new families of software development environments: Domain-Oriented Software Development Environments (DOSDE) and Enterprise-Oriented Software Development Environments (EOSDE). This article also presents a short description of the lessons we have been learning from the definition and improvement of software processes.

Keywords: Process Quality, Software Process Improvement, Standard Software Process, Software Development Environment, Domain-orientation, Knowledge Management.

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