ESSENCE-BASED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TOOLS FOR PLANNING

• Main Author: Santoso, Ferdy
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/56129
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

In this final project, a software development project management tool is built using method with Essence standard. The tool is called EssenceProject V2 which is the result of the development of EssenceProject V1 (Christianto, 2018), EssenceProject V1 focuses on the monitoring process. EssenceProject V2 focuses on the planning process, specifically the scope management and time management knowledge areas. The planning process is done using the Essence kernel components on the methods used, such as Activities, Sub-Alphas, and Work Products. The scope planning process consists of determining Work Products and Sub-Alphas, as well as determining milestones, while the time planning process consists of scheduling Milestones, scheduling Activities, viewing Activity sequences, and building Gantt Charts. EssenceProject was built because in a software development project you will need tools to carry out project management, so that the project can run more effectively and efficiently. In software development, certain methods are usually used. The various existing methods are usually described in certain terminologies and notations which may differ for each method, so different tools are needed for different methods. These methods sometimes don't suit the team's needs, so it's not the method that adapts to how the team works, but the team that has to adapt the way they work using these methods. Essence Framework is a standard in defining practices and methods in software development defined by OMG (Object Management Group). With the Essence Framework, software development project teams can also create their own methods using the Essence standard, which are suitable for their team. EssenceProject is a web-based application built using Meteor, a Javascript development framework. The Front-end of the software uses HTML, CSS, and Javascript. The Back-end of the software uses Node.js. The database uses MongoDB. EssenceProject testing is done using the blackbox testing technique, which is very useful for testing the functionality of the software. The test results show that the project planning functionality in EssenceProject has been running according to specifications.