Taba workstation: supporting software process deployment based on CMMI and MR-MPS.BR

  • Authors:

  • Mariano Montoni;Gleison Santos;Ana Regina Rocha;Sávio Figueiredo;Reinaldo Cabral;Rafael Barcellos;Ahilton Barreto;Andréa Soares;Cristina Cerdeiral;Peter Lupo

  • Affiliations:

  • COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • PROFES'06 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Deployment of software processes based on reference models is a knowledge-intensive task, i.e., a great amount of technical knowledge must be applied in order to guarantee conformance and adherence of processes deployed to the reference models adopted. Moreover, software process deployers have to deal with organizational and individual cultural problems on a regular basis, for instance, resistances to organizational changes. Therefore, the success of software process deployment within an organization or organizational unit depends on both technical and social aspects of the software process deployment strategy definition and execution. This paper presents the Taba Workstation, an enterprise-oriented Process-centered Software Engineering Environment (PSEE) constituted of an integrated set of tools to support software process deployment based on the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and the Reference Model for Brazilian Software Process Improvement (MR-MPS.BR). Software process appraisals demonstrated that the Taba Workstation constitutes one of the most important organizational assets to facilitate the success of software process deployment initiatives and to overcome the inherent difficulties.