Calidad en el desarrollo de Sistemas de Software

El proyecto de investigación y desarrollo “Sistemas de Software Distribuidos. Aplicaciones en procesos industriales, E-government y E-learning” abarca aspectos que van desde los fundamentos del desarrollo (Técnicas de Ingeniería de requerimientos, Metodologías de Gestión y Desarrollo de Proyectos, Técnicas de Planificación, Métricas, Normas de Calidad, Web-Systems) hasta la concepción de aplicaciones específicas orientadas a los procesos industriales (sistemas de planeamiento industrial, control industrial en tiempo real), procesos de E-government (voto electrónico) y la aplicación de Tecnología Informática para Educación en ambientes distribuidos.\nEs de hacer notar que este proyecto se coordina con otros dos proyectos presentados por el III-LIDI relacionados con Algoritmos Distribuidos / Paralelos y Sistemas Distribuidos / Paralelos.\nEn particular, el objetivo de este subproyecto es investigar y desarrollar soluciones en temas relacionados con el aseguramiento de la calidad en cada una de las etapas del desarrollo de Sistemas de Software.\nUna de las actividades propuestas es la adecuación de normas de calidad que permitan evaluar el desarrollo de sistemas en entornos de PYMES del país. En particular, se busca generar un contexto similar al definido y utilizado en otros países (México, Brasil, Colombia, España) los cuales adecuan el concepto de evaluación de calidad, adaptando las características básicas de CMM-CMMI o ISO al entorno propio del paísEje: Ingeniería de software y base de dato

Calidad en el desarrollo de Sistemas de Software

El proyecto de investigación y desarrollo “Sistemas de Software Distribuidos. Aplicaciones en procesos industriales, E-government y E-learning” abarca aspectos que van desde los fundamentos del desarrollo (Técnicas de Ingeniería de requerimientos, Metodologías de Gestión y Desarrollo de Proyectos, Técnicas de Planificación, Métricas, Normas de Calidad, Web-Systems) hasta la concepción de aplicaciones específicas orientadas a los procesos industriales (sistemas de planeamiento industrial, control industrial en tiempo real), procesos de E-government (voto electrónico) y la aplicación de Tecnología Informática para Educación en ambientes distribuidos. Es de hacer notar que este proyecto se coordina con otros dos proyectos presentados por el III-LIDI relacionados con Algoritmos Distribuidos / Paralelos y Sistemas Distribuidos / Paralelos. En particular, el objetivo de este subproyecto es investigar y desarrollar soluciones en temas relacionados con el aseguramiento de la calidad en cada una de las etapas del desarrollo de Sistemas de Software. Una de las actividades propuestas es la adecuación de normas de calidad que permitan evaluar el desarrollo de sistemas en entornos de PYMES del país. En particular, se busca generar un contexto similar al definido y utilizado en otros países (México, Brasil, Colombia, España) los cuales adecuan el concepto de evaluación de calidad, adaptando las características básicas de CMM-CMMI o ISO al entorno propio del paísEje: Ingeniería de software y base de datosRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Software engineering from a Langley perspective

A brief introduction to software engineering is presented. The talk is divided into four sections beginning with the question 'What is software engineering', followed by a brief history of the progression of software engineering at the Langley Research Center in the context of an expanding computing environment. Several basic concepts and terms are introduced, including software development life cycles and maturity levels. Finally, comments are offered on what software engineering means for the Langley Research Center and where to find more information on the subject

Calidad en el desarrollo de Sistemas de Software

El proyecto de investigación y desarrollo “Sistemas de Software Distribuidos. Aplicaciones en procesos industriales, E-government y E-learning” abarca aspectos que van desde los fundamentos del desarrollo (Técnicas de Ingeniería de requerimientos, Metodologías de Gestión y Desarrollo de Proyectos, Técnicas de Planificación, Métricas, Normas de Calidad, Web-Systems) hasta la concepción de aplicaciones específicas orientadas a los procesos industriales (sistemas de planeamiento industrial, control industrial en tiempo real), procesos de E-government (voto electrónico) y la aplicación de Tecnología Informática para Educación en ambientes distribuidos. Es de hacer notar que este proyecto se coordina con otros dos proyectos presentados por el III-LIDI relacionados con Algoritmos Distribuidos / Paralelos y Sistemas Distribuidos / Paralelos. En particular, el objetivo de este subproyecto es investigar y desarrollar soluciones en temas relacionados con el aseguramiento de la calidad en cada una de las etapas del desarrollo de Sistemas de Software. Una de las actividades propuestas es la adecuación de normas de calidad que permitan evaluar el desarrollo de sistemas en entornos de PYMES del país. En particular, se busca generar un contexto similar al definido y utilizado en otros países (México, Brasil, Colombia, España) los cuales adecuan el concepto de evaluación de calidad, adaptando las características básicas de CMM-CMMI o ISO al entorno propio del paísEje: Ingeniería de software y base de datosRed de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Software: our quest for excellence. Honoring 50 years of software history, progress, and process

The Software Quality Forum was established by the Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Subcommittee, which serves as a technical advisory group on software engineering and quality initiatives and issues for DOE`s quality managers. The forum serves as an opportunity for all those involved in implementing SQA programs to meet and share ideas and concerns. Participation from managers, quality engineers, and software professionals provides an ideal environment for identifying and discussing issues and concerns. The interaction provided by the forum contributes to the realization of a shared goal--high quality software product. Topics include: testing, software measurement, software surety, software reliability, SQA practices, assessments, software process improvement, certification and licensing of software professionals, CASE tools, software project management, inspections, and management`s role in ensuring SQA. The bulk of this document consists of vugraphs. Selected papers have been indexed separately for inclusion in the Energy Science and Technology Database

A methodology for integrating legacy systems with the client/server environment

The research is conducted in the area of software methodologies with the emphasis on the integration of legacy systems with the client/server environment. The investigation starts with identifying the characteristics of legacy systems in order to determine the features and technical characteristics required of an integration methodology. A number of existing methodologies are evaluated with respect to their features and technical characteristics in order to derive a synthesis for a generic methodology. This evaluation yields the meta primitives of a generic methodology. The revised spiral model (Boehm,1986; DuPlessis & Vander Wah,1992) is customised to arrive at a software process model which provides a framework for the integration of legacy systems with the client/server environment. The integration methodology is based on this process model.ComputingM. Sc. (Information Systems

A Discrimination of Software Implementation Success Criteria

Software implementation projects struggle with the delicate balance of low cost, on-time delivery and quality. The methodologies and processes used to create and maintain a quality software system are expensive to deploy and result in long development cycle-time. However, without their deployment into the software implementation life-cycle, a software system will be undependable, unsuccessful. The purpose of this research is to identify a succinct set of software implementation success criteria and assess the key independent constructs, activities, carried out to ensure a successful implementation project. The research will assess the success of a software implementation project as the dependent construct of interest and use the software process model (methodology) as the independent construct. This field research involved three phases: (1) criteria development, (2) data collection, and (3) testing of hypotheses and discriminant analysis. The first phase resulted in the development of the measurement instruments for the independent and dependent constructs. The measurement instrument for the independent construct was representative of the criteria from highly regarded software implementation process models and methodologies, e.g., ISO9000, Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (SEI CMM). The dependent construct was developed from the categories and criteria from the Delone and McLean (1992) MIS List of Success Measures. The data collection and assessment phase employed a field survey research strategy to 80 companies involved in internal software implementation. Both successful and unsuccessful software implementation projects (identified by the Delone/McLean model) participated. Results from 165 projects were collected, 28 unsuccessful and 137 successful. The third phase used ANOVA to test the first 11 hypotheses and employed discriminant analysis for the 12th hypothesis to identify the "best set" of variables, criteria, that discriminate between successful and unsuccessful software implementation projects. Twelve discriminating variables out of 67 were identified and supported as significant discriminators between successful and unsuccessful projects. Three of the 11 constructs were found not to be significant investments for the successful projects

A STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT MODEL FOR IT FLEXIBILITY AND DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES: TOWARD AN ASSESSMENT TOOL

The Dynamic Capabilities View (DCV) has emerged as an influential theoretical and management framework in modern IS research. However, despite the view\u27s significant contributions, its strength and core focus are essentially in its use for historical firm performance explanation. Furthermore, valuable contributions have been made by several researchers in order to extend the DCV to fit the constantly changing IT environments and other imperative drivers for competitive performance. Nevertheless, to our knowledge, no DCV extension has been developed which allows firms to assess their current state of maturity and to derive imperative steps for further performance enhancement. To fill this gap, this article develops a strategic alignment model for IT flexibility and dynamic capabilities and empirically validates proposed hypotheses using correlation and regression analyses on a sample of 322 international firms. Findings suggest that there is a positive relationship between a firm’s degree of alignment of IT flexibility and dynamic capability dimensions – defined as the degree of balance between all dimensions – and competitive firm performance. Alignment can, therefore, be seen as an important condition that significantly influences a firm’s competitive advantage in constantly changing environments. The proposed framework helps firms assess and improve their IT flexibility and dynamic capabilities. Results are discussed, while theoretical and practical implications are highlighted, concluding with suggestions for future research