Desenvolvimento do sistema de agendamento de sessões para o Planetário da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (SASP-UFSM)

Abstract

Upon becoming aware, through interpersonal relationships, of the specific needs of the UFSM Planetarium, with regard to the process of scheduling sessions, it was noted the inexistence of a system that meets these needs. Thus, the general objective of this work is to develop the Session Scheduling System of the Planetarium of the Federal University of Santa Maria (SASP-UFSM). Specifically, the work seeks to: (a) develop the system iteratively and incrementally, to maintain frequent deliveries to stakeholders; (b) keep the system operational, from the first version, free of charge to the developer and the UFSM Planetarium; (c) evaluate the usability of the system developed with stakeholders; and (d) assess stakeholder satisfaction in relation to the development process and their expectations in relation to the developed system. The iterative and incremental development process was carried out in conjunction with practices and artifacts from different agile methods, with each iteration involving a two-week development cycle. The implementation resulted in the fulfillment of the vast majority of the identified needs, such as the generation of reports on the appointments, the scheduling of in-person and virtual sessions, and at times different from those pre-defined by the monitors, as well as the evaluation of a session that has already been held. It is noteworthy that the hosting methods provided a free system with high availability and that the evaluation carried out by the stakeholders showed that the system met all the usability characteristics, as well as that there was great satisfaction with the development process and the expectation of the developed system.