Softwareland Chronicles: A Software Development Meta-Process Proposal

Bolanos, Sandro; Crespo, Rubén González; Espada, Jordán Pascual; García-Díaz, Vicente; Osis, Jānis

doi:10.1515/acss-2016-0001

Abstract

This paper presents the software development meta-process (SD-MP) as a proposal to set up software projects. Within this proposal we offer conceptual elements that help solve the war of methodologies and processes in favor of an integrating viewpoint, where the main flaws associated with conventional and agile approaches are removed. Our newly developed software platform to support the meta-process is also presented together with three case studies involving projects currently in progress, where the framework proposed in SD-MP has been applied.

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