Silver Bullet: uma ferramenta educacional colaborativa para o gerenciamento de projetos com base no PMBOK

Abstract

Project management is a determining factor for the success or failure of a project. Many tools, techniques and methods have been developed to assist in the project management process. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) aggregates a set of project management practices and is widely used in industry and academia. Based on a literature search on project management tools, some gaps were observed, such as the lack of tools that help in the learning process about project management. The aim of this paper is the development of an educational and collaborative tool that covers all areas of knowledge of ac PMBOK. This study presents the design decisions, architecture, and software requirements of the developed solution, as well as a product summary delivered at the end of this term paper. This study also presents the process of executing a quasi-experiment with the purpose of evaluating the developed tool, which was conducted in an undergraduate curriculum component, whose menu addresses the management of software projects. From the quasi-experiment, it was concluded that the developed tool was successful in helping to reduce the effort and complexity of the execution of project management processes. However, there was a need for improvements in order to have better results in helping the teaching-learning process.