Selection of Software Development Good Practices in Micro and Small Enterprises: An Approach Using Knowledge-Based Systems

Currently, companies should turn their attention to the increasing market competition. The quality of their products is directly related to the organizational processes that should be well defined and adopted. Regarding software, it is important that the choice of a development method is aimed at matching organization needs and its production culture. The micro and small enterprises face many problems and one of the largest ones is the lack of policies that can help improving development processes. This paper presents and describes a knowledge-based system that is able to suggest a set of good practices in software development that closely match company needs and culture represented as a profile. The work exposed here is an initial step towards an automation process for the selection of good practices based on a company profile.