The development of an information system involves the construction of a software product by means of methods and techniques of the Software Engineering. There are several development methodologies with unique approaches to guide, organize and sort the tasks involved in this process. These methodologies may though become complex and extrapolate the actual needs for developing more simple systems, especially those at academic level. Within this context, this article aims at proposing a how-to

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... tion to customize a system development methodology. The basis of this proposal lies on the identification of the main difficulties faced by graduate students when elaborating their final thesis as well as on the analysis of literature well-known development methodologies.