A Transparency Maturity Model for Government Software Tenders

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dc.coverageDOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3067217
dc.creatorHochstetter, Jorge
dc.creatorVairetti, Carla
dc.creatorCares, Carlos
dc.creatorOjeda, Mauricio Garcia
dc.creatorMaldonado, Sebastian
dc.date2021
dc.date.accessioned05-01-2026 18:11
dc.date.available05-01-2026 18:11
dc.description<p>Over the last two decades, governments have increased their investment in information technology to improve the use of public resources, using public electronic procurement systems to obtain better prices, better solutions and to show transparency in the procurement process. Public procurement of software development projects is specific acquisitions having specific technical, methodological, and management constraints that make transparency an elusive target. This article proposes a maturity model as a tool to measure tendering transparency when government agencies procure software development. We have used a procedural model to support the design of maturity models along four dimensions: Institutionalization, Software procurement process, Communication, and Accountability. We have defined a five-step model, and we have tested it with real government buyers. The model is supported by an appraisal tool that helps to guide the next steps in the transparency of software acquisitions. </p>eng
dc.descriptionOver the last two decades, governments have increased their investment in information technology to improve the use of public resources, using public electronic procurement systems to obtain better prices, better solutions and to show transparency in the procurement process. Public procurement of software development projects is specific acquisitions having specific technical, methodological, and management constraints that make transparency an elusive target. This article proposes a maturity model as a tool to measure tendering transparency when government agencies procure software development. We have used a procedural model to support the design of maturity models along four dimensions: Institutionalization, Software procurement process, Communication, and Accountability. We have defined a five-step model, and we have tested it with real government buyers. The model is supported by an appraisal tool that helps to guide the next steps in the transparency of software acquisitions.spa
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/e03f5de7-cf18-479f-9f69-13c001a0ce7f
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourcevol.9 (2021) p.45668-45682
dc.subjectaccountability
dc.subjectMaturity models
dc.subjectpublic tenders
dc.subjectsoftware requirements
dc.subjecttransparency
dc.subjectaccountability
dc.subjectMaturity models
dc.subjectpublic tenders
dc.subjectsoftware requirements
dc.subjecttransparency
dc.titleA Transparency Maturity Model for Government Software Tenderseng
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeArtículospa
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