The capacity of configuration management in small software development organizations

Abstract

This article is the result of the research project entitled "The Reality of the Software Industry", was conducted by the teachers of the career of Software Development Instituto Superior Tecnológico Particular Sudamericano in the city of Cuenca - Ecuador during the year 2019. Through the application of questionnaires, it was observed that small organizations were complementing the software development process with configuration management. Due to the need to maintain control of changes in the configuration of software products. Digital transformation has influenced small organizations, automating part of their processes, including supporting configuration management with a level 1 capability. To understand the reality of organizations from this point of view, the CMMI 2.0 capability model was used to assess the capability of the configuration management process area. The techniques used for data collection are: The interview and the survey.  The method used was deductive, due to the diversity of contexts in which the organizations studied are developed.  Finally, 2 organisations known in the city (MyCodedMain and PlanERP) with more than 5 years of experience were selected. On the other hand, 3 organizations were selected, made up of development teams between 3 and 5 members (ReflaAustro, La Merced, Engicoders). In addition, the evaluation process used the phases recommended by the method defined by the CMMI.