MSECO-CERT: uma abordagem baseada em processo para apoiar a certificação de apps em ecossistema de software móvel

Abstract

In a Mobile Software Ecosystem (MSECO), the software organizations have opened up their structures to external developers aiming to reach goals to ensure the MSECO is working properly, such as increasing number of users, mobile applications (apps) and developers. Thus, the management organization (keystone) must restructure its processes to support external developers and create ways to attract the development of apps. The development of apps requires an approach that allows developers to achieve the expected performance into the MSECO. However, there is a quality contribution barrier, the App Store, the App Store’s criteria do not guarantee that apps certified by these criteria have good performance in number of downloads and positive reviews into the MSECO. It is necessary to consider the developer engagement, the quality of support offered by the organization to developers by the evangelists and the existing processes into the MSECO. In this work, we describe a collaborative approach to support app certification in MSEO defined by pair reviews and surveys. This approach is called MSECO-CERT that is composed by three process (Orchestration – MSECO-ORQ, Support – MSECO-SUP and Construction – MSECO-DEV), including recommendations and practices to impact positively the MSECO’s health. The MSECO-CERT was evaluated with feasibility study and observational study.