Practical Findings from Applying Quality Assurance Activities in the Development of Three Information Systems for Power Companies

Geraldo Braz Junior, Luis Rivero, João Almeida, Simara Rocha, Aristófanes Silva, Anselmo Paiva, Carlos Castro, Darlan Quintanilha, Italo Santos, Erika Alves, Samira Barbosa

2022

Abstract

Quality can be achieved in software development by identifying and fixing defects, improving the development process and including configuration management activities. However, for novice development teams, including the above activities may be difficult when developing large or complex information systems. Thus, to gain insight on how to improve software quality, novice software engineers may review reports from real software development projects and apply lessons learned. In this paper, we report how software engineering activities for quality assurance were adapted within three power company information system projects. We explain how activities regarding version tracking, software testing and user interface design were carried out by three novice software development teams within a software organization of about 40 collaborators. Our results indicate that version control can be costly at first, but is useful to assess the current state of the development of features. Furthermore, though low-cost evaluation and design approaches, the end product can meet users’ needs and reduce rework when launching a version of an information system.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Braz Junior G., Rivero L., Almeida J., Rocha S., Silva A., Paiva A., Castro C., Quintanilha D., Santos I., Alves E. and Barbosa S. (2022). Practical Findings from Applying Quality Assurance Activities in the Development of Three Information Systems for Power Companies. In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-569-2, pages 159-166. DOI: 10.5220/0011081700003179

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis22,
author={Geraldo Braz Junior and Luis Rivero and João Almeida and Simara Rocha and Aristófanes Silva and Anselmo Paiva and Carlos Castro and Darlan Quintanilha and Italo Santos and Erika Alves and Samira Barbosa},
title={Practical Findings from Applying Quality Assurance Activities in the Development of Three Information Systems for Power Companies},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,},
year={2022},
pages={159-166},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011081700003179},
isbn={978-989-758-569-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,
TI - Practical Findings from Applying Quality Assurance Activities in the Development of Three Information Systems for Power Companies
SN - 978-989-758-569-2
AU - Braz Junior G.
AU - Rivero L.
AU - Almeida J.
AU - Rocha S.
AU - Silva A.
AU - Paiva A.
AU - Castro C.
AU - Quintanilha D.
AU - Santos I.
AU - Alves E.
AU - Barbosa S.
PY - 2022
SP - 159
EP - 166
DO - 10.5220/0011081700003179