Construcción de una herramienta que permita la comunicación, la contribución y la integración en la trazabilidad de requisitos en proyectos de software.

Abstract

We developed a tool in this curriculum integration work to enable communication, contribution, and integration in the traceability of requirements in software projects in order to measure the level of productivity improvement in the software development life cycle by utilizing the tool. We utilized the agile SCRUM methodology for the development of the tool, which was divided into 3 phases: planning, design, and development. In the planning phase, the people and roles of the project were defined, as well as the creation of the product backlog. In the design phase, the system architecture, the database design, the coding standard, as well as the user interfaces were defined. We worked on a total of 6 sprints with a duration of 2 weeks per sprint for the development phase, in which a total of 25 user stories and 6 technical stories were developed. Once the tool was finished, the level of productivity improvement was measured utilizing the IEEE Std 1045-1992 standard, for which the productivity of 2 work teams was measured, in which one work team performed the proposed activities with the developed tool and the other team performed them without it, obtaining as a result a level of productivity improvement of 34.52% when utilizing the developed tool. It is concluded that the tool improves the productivity of the development teams that utilize it and that it also facilitates the maintainability of the traceability of requirements in software projects. It is recommended to implement an instant messaging system to increase communication between members of a development team.