COMPOOTIM: An Approach to Software Processes Composition and Optimization

Abstract. Software process definition is a complex, time consuming and error prone activity. Such activity can be facilitated by a process reuse strategy. This strategy can be implemented through a context-based process line approach. Based on the data from this approach and following its systematic, this work presents a proposal to software processes composition and optimization (COMPOOTIM). The purpose is to support the project manager’s decisions and automate the composition of a project specific process. COMPOOTIM optimizes the suggestion of processes to the context of a particular project. A usage scenario for process selection exemplifies the use of COMPOOTIM