Definição de processos baseada em componentes

Abstract

It is known that software product quality depends on the quality of the software processes used in its development and maintenance. However, defining software processes is not a trivial task, being necessary knowledge, experience and support approaches, aiming to reduce the effort required to carry it out. In this work, a Component-Based Process Definition (CBPD) approach was defined. It uses some concepts and makes analogies to the Component-Based Development (CBD), with the goal of facilitating the processes definition task. In this approach, the software process definition in an organization is performed through the composition of pre-existing process components, being possible to define standard processes and project-specific processes. This work also includes the evolution of the software process definition tool of ODE (Ontology-based software Development Environment), a Process-Centered Software Engineering Environment based on ontologies. This evolution aims to provide automated support to the process definition task, now considering process component composition.