Improving an existing methodology for software development projects

Abstract

When we look at our society, and compare it to previous ages, it is striking how much technology there is. There are now lots of ways to do almost anything that we want to do. The technological society consists not only of methods and software but of ways of thinking and feeling too. The computer has had two relevant impacts; the first one is on the availability of the information. Being able to google your question to find an answer is quite different to needing to get to a library. The second impact is communication. We can be in communication with many people either working or just chatting. Technology is really useful tool, which can provide much more precision and faster than people. Therefore, we must take advantage of it and increase both productivity and efficiency. Nowadays, majority of enterprises are trying to change how they are working, since they can run their businesses by using software application in order to make their lives easier, and as mentioned before, in some sense improving the way to solve the work. This project is intended to define a new methodology for a software development projects within a specific company. Firstly, we will perform a study about the project management as a whole, the product development and the team, and software development techniques. After researching, we will focus on how this enterprise carries out the projects, and then we will be able to realize the weaknesses and drawbacks of the methodology used. Finally, we will provide an improved methodology taking into account both the current methodologies and its way to face the projects.