A qualitative analysis of the adhrence between the information tecnology solution aquisition guide, for Brazilian federal public administration and, the CMMI models

Abstract

Quality models and standards guide Software Process Improvement Initiatives. Usually aiming to establish the best practices to instruct the definition of processes and support organizational assessment of the maturity and capability level. However, despite these initiatives, the best practices application in Brazilian public organizations is impaired by various obstacles regarding the process of Contracting IT solutions by the Federal Public Administration (APF), the main contractor of software and services in Brazil. Among these obstacles the ones that stand out are process complexity and the continuous supervision of control bodies. In order to minimize these obstacles, the court Union Accounts (TCU), recommended the establishment of the Normative Instruction SLTI/MPOG 04/2014, containing guidelines for the acquirement of IT Solutions and a Guide for Contracting IT Solutions (GCSTI). This work aims at identifying the maturity and adherence of GCSTI relative to CMMI models. To achieve this goal, defined and carried out a method of mapping between GCSTI and CMMI models. The survey results show the maturity and adherence to CMMI models based on procedures defined in GCSTI.