TESMA: Requirements and Design of a Tool for Educational Programs

Defining and managing teaching programs at universities or other institutions is a complex
task for which there is not much support in terms of methods and tools. This task becomes even more
critical when the time comes to obtain certifications w.r.t. official standards. In this paper, we present
an on-going project called TESMA, whose objective is to provide an open-source tool dedicated to the
specification and management (including certification) of teaching programs. An in-depth market
analysis regarding related tools and conceptual frameworks of the project is presented. This tool
has been engineered using a development method called Messir for its requirements elicitation and
introduces a domain-specific language dedicated to the teachin