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Evaluating the Usefulness and Ease of Use of a Software Process Line Tool

Software Process Line (SPrL) provides a systematic way to support software process reuse. However, adopting SPrL approaches without supporting tools may be a very difficult task. Although SPrL supporting tools are becoming more practical, integrated tools are still needed to support all reuse stages. Hence, aiming to support SPrL activities, the Odyssey tool, which provides a software reuse environment, has been improved. Since every proposed technology should be evaluated before being available for use, this paper aims to characterize Odyssey acceptance through its usefulness and ease of use under the perspective of Brazilian software process experts during software process definition using SPrL. This study was designed using Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Goal, Question, Metric (GQM) paradigm with a predefined interpretation model. It was performed with seven experts and the collected data provides insights that Odyssey indeed helps the software process definition using SPrL. Although the results are positive, the identified threats highlight the study limitations. Finally, a set of improvements was identified based on the collected data, participants' comments, as well as researchers’ notes. These improvements are being implemented.