THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DESIGN A SOFTWARE TO OPTIMIZE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT IN THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS (OTIC) OF THE FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND SYSTEMS OF THE UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CALLAO, PERU. THE RESEARCH AROSE DUE TO THE LACK OF AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM THAT MINIMIZES ASSET LOSSES AND REDUCES OPERATIONAL ERRORS IN THE UNIVERSITY CONTEXT, WHERE RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS DEMAND SUSTAINABLE AND ADAPTABLE SOLUTIONS. TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, AN AGILE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH WAS USED, IMPLEMENTING THE SCRUM METHODOLOGY IN THE SOFTWARE DESIGN, AS WELL AS AN ARCHITECTURE BASED ON MVC (MODEL-VIEW-CONTROLLER) WITH TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS MYSQL, PHP AND CODEIGNITER. THE EVALUATION OF THE SYSTEM INCLUDED USABILITY SURVEYS TO USERS AND AN EXPERT JUDGMENT, FOCUSED ON THREE DIMENSIONS: RELIABILITY, USABILITY AND DESIGN. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY SHOWED A HIGH...