Análisis de los Métodos de Selección de Componentes COTS desde una Perspectiva Ágil

Los metodos agiles de construccion de software como eXtreme Programming y Scrum conciben el proceso de construccion como un ejercicio de desarrollo de software a medida. Sin embargo en la actualidad, muchos sistemas software estan compuestos parcial o incluso totalmente por componentes COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf), debidamente personalizados e integrados. En este tipo de sistemas, el enfasis se desplaza de las actividades propias del desarrollo a medida, a los procesos de seleccion e integracion de COTS. Existen diferentes propuestas basadas en la seleccion de COTS (pocas tratan de integracion), y en este articulo estudiamos como se comportan desde un punto de vista agil. Concretamente, introducimos los principios agiles en el contexto de seleccion de COTS y analizamos bajo esta perspectiva algunas de las propuestas de seleccion de COTS mas aceptadas. Como resultado, identificamos algunas practicas que pueden dotar de mayor agilidad a los procesos de seleccion de COTS.

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