Profile
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Large number of software houses in Egypt do not follow rigorous software engineering procedures, which leads to loose the opportunity to compete in the international market.
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Objectives
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Evaluate Software Engineering in Egypt. |
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Address issues about the status of current software engineering in Egypt. |
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Define points of weakness in the industry. |
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Define priorities for the problems to be solved. |
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Define reasonable solutions for these problems. |
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Establish the assessment process.
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Provide fast track implementation tools, guidelines (key forms attached with informative details). |
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Conduct external audit then apply extensive internal audit checklist. These internal audit checklists have to meet the needs of numerous SW/business areas (categories). |
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Build the relevant database. |
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Set necessary analytical tools to define points of strength or weakness in the industry. |
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Set priorities for the selected problems to be solved. |
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Define reasonable solutions to solve these problems. |
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Tactics
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Definition |
Owner |
Assessment process
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- One senior analyst/Programmer
- Junior analyst/Programmer |
Build database
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- One senior analyst/Programmer
- One Junior analyst/ Programmer
- Web designer |
Analyzing results
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- Working groups |
Define solutions |
- Steering Committee
- Working groups |
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Effective assessment checklists to be used by assessors. |
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Competency / Experience of the staff doing the assigned tasks. |
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The real desire and conviction from the software companies to improve. |
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Early reviews and screening of potentially difficult cases. |
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High level of assistance given from software companies to assessors. |
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Potential Performance Measures
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Percentage of cases assessed and reviewed within certain period of time. |
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Number of reasonable solutions agreed upon by steering committee / working groups. |
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