scholarly journals From MoProSoft Level 2 to ISO/IEC 29110 Basic Profile: Bridging the Gap

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel E. Morales-Trujillo ◽  
Hanna Oktaba ◽  
Teresa Ventura ◽  
Rodrigo Torres
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Coverage Level ◽  
International Standard ◽  
Reference Models ◽  
Development Organizations ◽  
Level 2 ◽  
Process Reference Model

The spread of the interest and the need for process reference models, specifically for small and medium software development organizations, has been a catalyst for generating ISO/IEC 29110 Software Engineering — Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities. Based on the Mexican standard NMX-I-059-NYCE-2005, better known as MoProSoft, ISO/IEC 29110 is the first international standard specifically designed for very small entities.Thanks to the COMPETISOFT Project and MoProSoft, the background knowledge and models adoption experience have been introduced in Latin America. In Mexico more than 300 organizations have been evaluated in NMX-I-059-NYCE-2005, in 2009 MoProSoft became a national standard in Peru, while COMPETISOFT included the experience and viewpoints of 13 countries and 23 research groups of the region. As a whole, it gives small software development organizations in the region an advantage in adopting an international standard.This paper clarifies the gap between ISO/IEC 29110 and MoProSoft level 2. As a result of a theoretical and practical review both standards have been mapped defining the coverage level between processes, considering the defined tasks, work products and roles. Several recommendations have been suggested to bridge the gap between these standards. Finally, the effort needed to adopt the Basic Profile of the new international standard starting from the Mexican standard has been estimated. The results have been extended to also consider organizations that adopted COMPETISOFT as their process reference model.

scholarly journals Bottom-up authoring of software engineering methods and practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Ehécatl Morales Trujillo ◽  
Hanna Oktaba ◽  
Mario Piattini ◽  
Boris Escalante Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Reference Models ◽  
Small Organizations ◽  
Consulting Services ◽  
Engineering Theory ◽  
Development Organizations ◽  
Working Method

Software Engineering knowledge is obtained during software engineering efforts, such as projects, experiments and case studies that represent a valuable source of knowledge with which to enrich the discipline. This knowledge is manipulated by practitioners who are in charge of developing, maintaining or integrating software; any practitioner, experienced or beginner, possesses his/her tacit practices in order to carry out their work. However, these ways of working are frequently neither expressed nor collected in order to reason about their characteristics and properties. Moreover, the explicit ways of working, which are presented in process reference models and standards that follow a prescriptive approach, are not suitable for small software development organizations. Small organizations represent a major part of software development organizations, so it is important to know and support how they actually work. This paper describes KUALI-BEH, a bottom-up metamodel that offers software engineering practitioners an authoring framework with which to express, adapt and share their ways of working as a collection of methods and practices. Validating and applying the metamodel showed that a bottom-up approach benefits small organizations and serves as a first step to reduce the gap between software engineering theory and practice. KUALI-BEH permits small organizations to create an organizational working method and to gradually introduce them to the adoption of standards and reference models. Practitioners with different levels of competence, from inexperienced to senior, adopt and use KUALI-BEH successfully with minimal training and without any consulting services.

Strategic Planning Reference Models

2012 ◽  
pp. 175-184
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
The Other ◽  
Information Architecture ◽  
Strategic Planning Process ◽  
Reference Models ◽  
Process Reference Model

It is now time to actually construct the reference models useful to guide the development of the strategic planning process, and it is necessary to recap some of the arguments and material gathered to date with a look at methodologies from information systems and some of the key elements promoted by them. There is first a description of a process reference model to give context to the development of the information architecture reference model needed to present the information to be contained in the plan. As will be seen, the two models are complementary and each gives strength to the other.

Penerapan Capability Maturity Model Integration Untuk Mengukur Tingkat Kematangan Organisasi Dalam Proses Pengembangan Perangkat Lunak (Studi Kasus: Direktorat Innovation Center Universitas Amikom Yogyakarta)

Respati ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Ita Permatahati ◽  
Wing Wahyu Winarno ◽  
Mei P Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Model Integration ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Software Development Process ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Capability Maturity ◽  
Level 1 ◽  
A Company ◽  
Level 2

INTISARIMenerapkan standarisasi pada suatu perusahaan yang bergerak dibidang pengembangan perangkat lunak merupakan salah satu cara untuk meningkatkan kualitasnya. CMMI merupakan salah satu standarisasi yang penulis pilih untuk mengetahui tingkat kematangan dari divisi Innovation CenterAmikom. CMMI yang digunakan ialah CMMI for Development versi 1.3 yang fokus terhadap tingkat kematangan di level 2 dengan 6 proses area. Penelitian ini mengambil 1 sample proyek di Innovation Center(IC) yaitu apliksai presensi berbasis mobile. Berdasarkan hasil dari pengukuran yang telah dilakukan, proses pengembangan lunak di IC berada di tingkat 1 (Initial) yang diketahui bahwa belum semua praktik yang ada di masing-masing 6 proses area diterapkan. Kata kunci— proses pengembangan perangkat lunak, CMMI, CMMI-DEV, Representasi Bertingkat, Tingkat Kematangan. ABSTRACTApplying standards to a company engaged in the development of devices is one way to improve its quality. CMMI is one of the standards chosen by the author to find out the level of maturity of the Innovation Center at Amikom. CMMI is used for CMMI for Development version 1.3 which focuses on the level of maturity at level 2 with 6 process areas. This study took 1 sample project at the Innovation Center (IC), a mobile-based presence application. Based on the results of the measurements that have been made, the development process at the IC is at level 1 (Initial) related to all the practices that exist in each of the 6 process areas that are applied.Kata kunci—  software development process, CMMI, CMMI-DEV, Leveled Representation, Maturity Level.

scholarly journals AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS DESIGN PROCESS: GUIDELINES FOR SMALL AND MID-SIZED BUSINESSES

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato L. Bergamo ◽  
Leonardo N. Romano
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
New Products ◽  
Machine Design ◽  
Reference Models ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Modeling Formalism

ABSTRACT This study aims at presenting the process of machine design and agricultural implements by means of a reference model, formulated with the purpose of explaining the development activities of new products, serving as a guideline to coach human resources and to assist in formalizing the process in small and medium-sized businesses (SMB), i.e. up to 500 employees. The methodology used included the process modeling, carried out from case studies in the SMB, and the study of reference models in literature. The modeling formalism used was based on the IDEF0 standard, which identifies the dimensions required for the model detailing: input information; activities; tasks; knowledge domains; mechanisms; controls and information produced. These dimensions were organized in spreadsheets and graphs. As a result, a reference model with 27 activities and 71 tasks was obtained, distributed over four phases of the design process. The evaluation of the model was carried out by the companies participating in the case studies and by experts, who concluded that the model explains the actions needed to develop new products in SMB.

scholarly journals Exploring Relationship Between Tqm and Software Productivity

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (29) ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Kapil Jaiswal ◽  
Minakshi Garg
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Development Organization ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Development Organizations ◽  
Software Productivity ◽  
Management Commitment ◽  
Regression Techniques ◽  
Highly Correlated

Introduction: This publication is the product of research, carried out in the field of management in year 2018-19, which supports the work of a PhD in Business Management at Chandigarh University.  The purpose of this research is to explore the relation between Total Quality Management (TQM) constructs and productivity in the IT industry. This study has been conducted for organizations operating in the Tricity (Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali) and NCR (Noida, Gurgaon and Delhi) regions. Problem: The control of rising operational costs in any organization has become a challenge and is a major aspect in the sustainability of an organization. Implementation of TQM may reduce these costs by improving productivity in the software development process. Objective: The objective of the research is to explore if there any relationship exists between TQM and productivity in software development organization and whether TQM positively impacts productivity. Methodology: The study is based on a descriptive research design. A total of 206 respondents were selected using convenient sampling while 90 responded back on the survey. Exploratory factor Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression techniques were applied to obtain the results. Results: Out of 4 elements of TQM considered in this study, Customer Focus and Continuous improvement were found to be positively related to productivity while Total Management Commitment was found to not be related to productivity.  The hypothesis related to People Management was abandoned because it was highly correlated to other TQM elements. Conclusion: TQM positively impacts productivity in software development organizations. Originality: This study tried to create a causal mathematical model between TQM variables and productivity. Limitations: Sample size and TQM elements were limited based on availability of time and resources.

INSIM-FPT-3D: A Data-Driven Model for History Matching, Water-Breakthrough Prediction and Well-Connectivity Characterization in Three-Dimensional Reservoirs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Zhao ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Xiang Rao ◽  
Guanglong Sheng ◽  
Huazhou Andy Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
History Matching ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Reference Models ◽  
Water Breakthrough

Abstract The data-driven interwell simulation model (INSIM) has been recognized as an effective tool for history matching and interwell-connectivity characterization of waterflooding reservoirs. INSIM-FT-3D (FT: front tracking) was recently developed to upgrade the applicationdimension of INSIM series data-driven models from two-dimensional (2D) to three-dimensional (3D). However, INSIM-FT-3D cannot accurately infer the dynamic change of well-connectivity and predict well's bottom-hole pressure (BHP). The main purpose of this study intends to expand the capability of INSIM-FT-3D to empower for the assimilation of BHPs, the reliable prediction of water breakthrough and the characterization of dynamic interwell-connectivities. The default setting of well index (WI) in INSIM-FT-3D based on Peaceman's equation does not yield accurate BHP estimates. We derive a WI that can honor the BHPs of a reference model composed of a set of 1D connections. When history matching BHPs of a 3D reservoir, we show that the derived WI is a better initial guess than that obtained from Peaceman's equation. We also develop a flow-path-tracking (FPT) algorithm to calculate the dynamic interwell properties (allocation factors and pore volumes (PVs)). Besides, we discuss the relationship between the INSIM-family methods and the traditional grid-based methods, which indicates that the INSIM-family methods can calculate the transmissibility of the connection between coarse-scale cells in a more accurate manner. As an improvement of INSIM-FT-3D, the newly proposed data-driven model is denoted as INSIM-FPT-3D. To verify the correctness of the derived WI, we present a 1D problem and a T-shaped synthetic reservoir simulation model as the reference models. BHPs and oil production rates are obtained as the observed data by running these two reference models with total injection/production-rate controls. An INSIM-FPT-3D model is created by specifying the transmissibilities and PVs that are the same as those in the reference model. By applying the derived WIs in INSIM-FPT-3D, the resulting BHPs and oil rates obtained agree well with the reference model without further model calibration. Applying INSIM-FPT-3D to a synthetic multi-layered reservoir shows that we obtain a reasonable match of both BHPs and oil rates with INSIM-FPT-3D. Compared with the FrontSim model, the INSIM-FPT-3D model after history matching is shown to match the dynamic PVs from FrontSim reasonably well and can correctly predict the timing of water breakthrough. By allowing for the assimilation of BHP data, we enable INSIM-FPT-3D to history match a green field with limited production history and forecast the timing of water breakthrough. The improved INSIM-FPT-3D leads to more accurate characterization of the interwell connectivities.

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