Best practices for software maturity improvement: a G\'{E}ANT case study

TL;DR

This paper presents a set of best practices developed to enhance software maturity within the GÉANT organization, aligning technical, organizational, and human factors to improve software quality and development processes.

Contribution

It introduces a tailored catalogue of best practices supporting the GÉANT Software Maturity Model, based on goal identification and preliminary maturity assessment.

Findings

Development of a best practices catalogue for GÉANT

Alignment of practices with organizational goals

Enhanced understanding of maturity improvement strategies

Abstract

Maturity models for software indicate the key areas that contribute to quality improvements. They usually combine technical, organisational and human aspects relevant for effective software development, to focus the efforts and draw the direction for optimisations. In this paper, we present the process of defining best practices that support the G\'{E}ANT Software Maturity Model (GSMM), aligned to the needs of a distributed, innovation-driven, pan-European organisation. Based on the identification of specific goals relevant for G\'{E}ANT and a preliminary maturity assessment, we created a catalogue of best practices that help the software teams to attain the goals defined in the GSMM.