The Three-Phase Methodology for IoT Project Development

The development of IoT solutions requires the expertise from professionals from several areas. This multidisciplinary aspect can be better served with an integrated process to structure the development of these solutions. There are several software development methodologies, such as Ignite and ELDAMeth, that have been adapted for this end. However, most lack some fundamental functionalities. The Three-Phase Methodology for Project Development (TpM-Pro) was originally developed as an IoT teaching methodology that proved ideal for solution development. It is a generic, agile, interactive, technology-independent and incremental methodology that splits the development of solutions into three distinct phases: Business, Requirements, and Implementation. This segmentation has proved invaluable and can become a standard for IoT solution development. In this paper, we present the TpM-Pro, gauge it against five other methodologies proposed for IoT solution development and detail its application on a corporate IoT project.