Um sistema multiagente para suporte à inspeção de software

Abstract

The information technology sector is considered strategic for companies who seeks to improve their products and services. Purchase of software products with quality is required more and more. Software development companies may achieve quality high levels through software inspection, that enables early fault detection. However its adoption still faces problems. A research project to help support the software inspections, in which the present work is part, was created. This paper presents a system to support software inspection process from IEEE-1028 standard, based on multiagents, which aims at automating some activities in this process. The system consists of five agents that implement the necessary rules for the automation of sending the artifact for inspection activity, assemble and distribute the review materials activities, in addition to notification of the inspection team and inspection leader. The multiagent system modeling and design are guided by the Tropos methodology, while the implementation is performed through the JADE platform. The system is verified through individual and integrated testing, and further tested in combination with the software inspections support system. It is concluded that the multiagent system caters to all proposed goals and is functional, but is not proved that the multiagent system increases productivity in real software inspection environments. It is expected that the multiagent system contributes to the optimization and improvement of software inspection activities, enabling companies to benefit from the results of the software inspection.