Experiences on the Implementation of MoProSoft and Assessment of Processes under the NMX-I-059/02-NYCE-2005 Standard in a Small Software Development Enterprise

In January 2008, as a result of a university enterprise project, a small software development company acquires the first NMX-1-059/02-NYCE-2005 standard (also known as MoProSoft) certification issued in the state of Baja California, Mexico. This paper describes the experiences and methodology developed by the academic participants in the project.The methodology main tasks were: a) identification of the so called change factors that allow the awareness of the enterprise work group about the required effort necessary to successfully implement a process model; b) diagnosing the business actual state; c)implementation of the 9 mandatory processes required by the standard; and d) the official assessment of compliance with MoProSoft capability level.