Project Management and Software Development Processes: Integrating PMBOK and OPEN

Software organizations are constantly looking for better solutions when designing and using well-defined software processes for the development of their products and services. However, while the technical aspects are virtually easier to arrange, many software development processes lack more support on project management issues. When adopting such processes, an organization needs to apply good project management skills along with technical views provided by those models. This research proposes the definition of a new model that integrates the concepts of PMBOK and those available on the OPEN metamodel, helping not only process integration but also building the steps towards a more comprehensive and automatable model.

Authors:

• Maurício Covolan Rosito
• Daniel Antonio Callegari
• Ricardo Melo Bastos

Keywords:

• OPEN metamodel
• PMBOK metamodel
• Project Management
• Software Process

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