Desarrollo de un sistema web de apoyo para las áreas de Psicología y Becas en la Dirección de Bienestar Estudiantil de la ESPOCH.

Abstract

The objective of the present titling work was to develop a web support application for the Student Welfare Office of the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo for the area of psychology and scholarships. In the phase of requesting the system, 40 user records and 12 technical histories were obtained, which were planned and developed with the SCRUM methodology, due to the fact that it allows a higher productivity and a higher software quality. In order to facilitate the maintainability of the system, the Model-View-Controller pattern was used; in addition, the NLayers architecture was used, which facilitated the scalability of this for future additions of modules or functionalities. The tools used in the development of the application were free license; the Java programming language, the postgreSQL database manager, and the application server was Payara, due to the existing technical support in these tools as well as to lower costs. For a correct functioning of the system, this works together with the web services of the academic institutional system OASIS and institutional authentication CAS. As a final result, the support system for the Student Welfare Department was obtained, which requires minimal resources from the client for its operation; in addition, two studies were carried out to verify a reduction in time. Within the processes analysed, a reduction in time was obtained from 65.8% to 99.5%. Due to the fact that the studies show normal distributions with statistically significant differences, it is concluded that there is a real reduction in process time after the implementation of the web system; furthermore for the low consumption of resources, it is accessible to the students and workers of the institution. Finally, it is recommended to use ISO/IEC 9126 to evaluate future projects that automate manual processes.