Sistema de gerenciamento de requisitos para a comunidade acadêmica: uma abordagem ágil com controle de aprovação e vinculação de artefatos

Abstract

Software development involves several phases, such as obtaining requirements with the help of stakeholders, planning activities to implement the requirements, testing the functionalities developed by the team, among others. Among these phases, the one that causes the most impact if not performed correctly is the requirements obtaining phase, as it is responsible for assisting the rest of the flow during the development process. If not performed correctly, it can lead to development errors and unnecessary testing. Therefore, requirements management is highly relevant in any software project. However, it is observed that the main tools that assist in requirements management are not free. This means that several academic projects perform requirements management manually, in a laborious and ineffective manner. This research presents free software, developed according to the principles of agile methodologies, which aims to facilitate requirements management in software development projects. This solution was developed as a response to problems identified in several undergraduate courses in Computer Science and Software Engineering at the Russas Campus of the Federal University of Ceará, which require requirements management, automation of development tasks and facilitation of the process that is currently performed manually. The system developed has a web architecture, uses React and NodeJS technologies and maintains organization of requirements and artifacts by project, requiring its users to use user authentication. Although the first version has achieved its objectives, the aim is to improve the user experience of the software, to make the process of managing requirements increasingly fluid for any user. The aim is also to expand the target audience of the platform, establishing partnerships for the implementation and improvement of the software in other institutions.