A Metasynthesis of Solo Software Development Methodologies

Moyo, Sibonile; Mnkandla, Ernest

doi:10.1109/imitec45504.2019.9015867

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“…Whereas these methods have been designed with the aim to produce quality software products, none of the methods found in the literature address the security aspect of the developed software. This was shown in our previous work in [13]. A mapping of the quality framework resulting from the meta-synthesis of the existing SSDMs against the ISO/IEC 25010 quality model defined in [14], showed that existing methodologies lack practices to support software security, among other quality characteristics.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 68%

“…As Figure 1 shows, we derive the two different types of practices to be embedded in the Secure-SSDM from the literature. Core-SSDM quality practices are drawn from the SSDM quality framework discussed in [13] to create a quality practices list, while security practices are drawn from the security framework in [23]. The quality practices in the latter framework are drawn from established secure software development methods, hence are considered to be acceptable practices in secure software development.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Our work is unique in that we focus on developing a methodology targeted at individual software developers. We use the quality framework in [13] as a source for the core quality practices of the Secure-SSDM. The security practices in [23] are used as a source for security practices.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We consider this pool of security practices to be consensus practices in the agile environment as they are derived through a systematic literature review. In integrating the identified lightweight security practices with the quality promoting practices, we identify only those security practices that can be performed by an individual and we systematically integrate these with the SSDM framework discussed in [13] to produce the proposed Secure-SSDM. We discuss the identification and integration process in the following methodology section.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We identify the core development practices of the Secure-SSDM through selecting those practices confirmed by two or more authors of the SSDMs participating in the meta-synthesis in [13]. This way, the Secure-SSDM is built on development practices generally accepted in the SSDM community [24].…”

Section: A Identifying Quality and Security Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Novel Lightweight Solo Software Development Methodology With Optimum Security Practices

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The diffusion of software into all areas of life and all forms of business, increases the demand for high-quality and secure software products. Software development methodologies are designed to improve the quality of software by incorporating practices that promote quality in the developed software. Software security is an important facet of software quality, particularly in this era, where most software is deployed for use over the Internet. Most research on developing high-quality and secure software is normally focused on teams at the expense of individual developers. In trying to fill this gap, in this paper we propose an agile secure-software development methodology. We design a methodology that promotes quality and security in the software products of solo developers. We integrate quality practices with lightweight security practices to produce agile secure software development practices. We draw quality practices from a solo software development framework designed in our previous study, while security practices are drawn from existing lightweight methodologies. We adapt Keramati and Mirian-Hosseinabadi's algorithm to integrate the two sets of practices, taking care to maintain an optimum degree of agility in the target methodology. We evaluate the utility of the resultant methodology through a case study. Results from the case study show that our proposed methodology can be used to build quality and secure software products without compromising the agility of the methodology.

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Checklist Approach for the Development of Educational Applications by Novice Software Developers

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Innovation and challenges are significant factors that lead to the improvement in technology involving various sectors, including the educational field. New methods and techniques have been introduced in teaching and learning among learners and educators. Modern technology generates an effective learning process that increases the students' interest and understanding of learning activities. Hence, software engineers need to develop high-quality educational applications that include the required elements such as learning materials and types of assessments. In addition, it should align with stipulated guidelines, timelines, budgets, and policies. Adaptation of a checklist approach in developing educational software can improve the quality of the software significantly. The checklist approach appears to be more effective for developers, especially novices with limited knowledge in relevant evidence-based principles. This study investigates the checklist approach for novice software developers in developing educational applications. A survey was employed to gather data from a group of respondents. This study used two types of sampling methods which were purposive sampling and Yamane formula. It shows that 89.19% of the respondents had understood and benefited from the provided checklist.

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