Desarrollo de una aplicación web de planificación académica para la Facultad de Ingeniería de Sistemas: generación y difusión de horarios.

Abstract

Academic planning is a process carried out by each academic unit of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional. The sub-dean of each faculty is responsible for this process, which produces schedules that are an important input in the student registration process. The Facultad de Ingeniería de Sistemas currently carries out this process using desktop software called FET (Free Timetabling Software), which generates schedules considering information about teachers, subjects, physical spaces, classroom types, levels, groups, space, and time constraints, among others. However, this software does not allow multiple users concurrent access, forcing those involved to exchange files. This is a problem that involves data reprocessing and possible loss of information. As a solution, SPA (Academic Planning System) is proposed, a web application that reuses the FET software engine by integrating FET-CL. In this way, with the "generation and dissemination of schedules" component, users will be able to work concurrently, using a database, and generating schedules based on the data present in the system. Additionally, the users will be able to export schedules to EXCEL format and share them with academic planning stakeholders. Behavior-driven development allows the project to achieve objectives by applying a set of best practices under an agile methodology.