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Characterization of Brazilian Software Startups Focusing on Processes, Product Quality and IT Governance

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Adriano Bessa Albuquerque,

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SBQS '20: Proceedings of the XIX Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality

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For startups, the quality of software product influences their business and consequently its survival. Many problems can happen at different times. Normally they increase with the amount of customers, the need to evolve the product, to customize it for different customers, etc. Besides this, to meet different demands fastly and with few resources is a constant challenge, because the solutions must be adequate to their conditions. This paper presents preliminary results of a survey, aiming to identify the characteristics of Brazilian startups, with their product comprising software, purposing to characterize the main problems related with the development and the evolution of their products, considering aspects related to product quality, processes and IT management.

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SBQS '20: Proceedings of the XIX Brazilian Symposium on Software Quality

December 2020

430 pages

ISBN:9781450389235

DOI:10.1145/3439961

Editors:
Ivan Machado
(UFBA)
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Heitor Costa
(UFLA)
,
Adriano Albuquerque
(UNIFOR)
,
Suzana Sampaio
(UFRPE)
,
Rodrigo Santos
(UNIRIO)
,
Sheila Reinehr
(PUCPR)
,
Gleison Santos
(UNIRIO)
,
Sandro Bezerra
(UFPA)
,
Davi Viana
(UFMA)
,
Adriano Bessa Albuquerque
(UNIFOR)
,
Ana Regina Cavalcanti da Rocha
(COPPE/UFRJ)
,
Gleison Santos
(UNIRIO)
,
Ivan Machado
(UFBA)
,
Marcello Thiry
(UNIVALI)
,
Monalessa Perini Barcellos
(UFES)
,
Sheila Reinehr
(PUCPR)
,
Tayana Conte
(UFAM)
,
Davi Viana
(UFMA)
,
Marcelo Schots
(UERJ)

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Ferdiansyah DIsnanto RSuseno J(2023)Organizational indicators on startup software for implementing secure software development lifecycle (SSDL): A systematic literature reviewTHE 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (ICENIS) 2021: Topic of Energy, Environment, Epidemiology, and Information System10.1063/5.0125388(050010)Online publication date: 2023
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