Software evaluation methodology : two case studies from Egyptian universities

Abstract EN

The software development evaluation methodology, from the customer side, is one of the major criteria for the assessment of software product management processes.

The results of the evaluation usually indicate the ratio of the product lifecycle success or failure.

In this paper, the software product management methodology of the Center of Knowledge and Electronic Service (CKES) and the Information and Communication Technology Project (ICTP), the main governing bodies of ICT strategy in Egyptian governmental Aigher education institutions, is presented.

Two case studies are discussed to investigate and inspect software products evaluation methodology.

The first case discusses the evaluation phase of the Egyptian Universities integrated library management system (ILMS) including both the requirements definition and the level of standardization of the final deliverable compared to international specifications and standards.

The second case study discusses another methodology for evaluating the final deliverable by assessing the impact of implementing electronic portals technology on the rank of the Egyptian universities according to the Webometric international websites ranking system.

The results of the two case studies shows real success, in terms of the ILMS standardization and real impact on the universities web sites rank according to business requirements, from the user side, with full considerations to local and international key performance indicators.