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Nowadays, computers play a very important role, that is to say, as a communication tool between people. This introduces the interface between human and machines as a key player, therefore the importance of these interfaces. The existing software development processes recognize this importance but do not establish precise guidelines for the construction of the user interface as an activity within the system life cycle. This article describes a method for constructing user interfaces based upon interaction patterns. This method can be incorporated to an object-oriented software development process which fulfills certain characteristics. Interaction patterns describe interface design solutions favoring the development of a user interface prototype.

At the moment, enterprises require complex business models with an organizational structures, processes and systems that must be explicitly designed. The work designed by these business models is clearly interdisciplinary, since it requires business development knowledge, different processes enterprises, management of these processes, and technological applications. In the scope of the software engineering would be desirable to obtain a system of methods, tools and techniques that allows the reuse of the best practices during the process of software development according to each one of the processes that are implemented in each domain. This work describes a theoretical methodology proposal framework. The methodology includes from the analysis of the requirements to the monitoring of the processes, supporting the analysis stages, design, model and configuration, through the use of patterns. The methodological proposal is conformed by two macro-processes: one related to the creation of the process itself and other that corresponds to the administration, and it includes: the maintenance, administration of the process in production and the monitoring through management indicators.

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The Central University of Venezuela, as part of its efforts for adapting its academic offer to national and international needs, is conducting a project to review, evaluate and modify the Computer Science curriculum, in order to form the professional required by the country. In this paper we present the results of the first stage of the project: an assessment of the Computer Science curriculum based on the use of various data collection instruments used to determine the professor, student and graduates perception of the program as well as deficiencies and potential of our graduates, according to the companies and organizations that hire them. The results show that there exist a gap between the perception of our professors about the program and the opinion of the employers. We also present information about student performance during the last decade, which is an input to the next stage of the program redesign.