ScrumOntoBDD: Agile software development based on scrum, ontologies and behaviour-driven development

When developing a Learning Management System (LMS) using Scrum, we noticed that it was quite often necessary to redefine some system behaviour scenarios, due to ambiguities in the requirement specifications, or due to misinterpretations of stories reported by the Product Owners (POs). The definition...

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Published in:Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society 2021-12, Vol.27 (1), p.1-45, Article 10
Main Authors: Lopes de Souza, Pedro, Lopes de Souza, Wanderley, Ferreira Pires, Luís
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Data Structures
Learning Management Systems
Life cycle analysis
Medical Education
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Scrum
Simulation and Modeling
Software
Software development
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