Volume 13 : Number 1 : Paper 2
April 2010 Special Issue of Best Papers presented at 2nd International Workshop on Advances Software Engineering (IWASE'2009)
Title:
Implementation of an Improvement Cycle using the Competisoft Methodological Framework and the Tutelkan Platform

Authors and Affiliations:
Rodolfo H. Villarroel, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Escuela de Ingenieria Informatica, Valparaiso, Chile,
Roman Gajardo,
Yessica M. Gomez,
Oscar Rodriguez, Universidad Catolica del Maule, Departamento de Computacion e Informatica, Talca, Chile

Abstract:
Formalizing and institutionalizing software processes has become a necessity in recent years
requiring the management and enhancement of software production and, at the same time,
achieving certification in accordance with international standards. Due to the lack of
collaboration tools in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) which could contribute to
the improvement of software processes, different proposals have been made to enable these
companies to develop and grow. This paper presents the experimental implementation of an
improvement cycle in an internal area of a small company, considering the basic profile of the
Competisoft process model with support on the Tutelkan platform. Through this experiment,
it was noted that Competisoft supplied the basic elements to formalize and institutionalize the
processes and that Tutelkan was a good complement to achieving this aim.


Received 2009-12-28, Revised 2010-04-20 , Editor: Hernan Astudillo, Cecilia Bastarrica
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