Agile practices for global software development vendors in the development of green and sustainable software

Rashid, Nasir; Khan, Siffat Ullah

doi:10.1002/smr.1964

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“…Many systematic reviews have been conducted within the scope of GSD. Some of the most recent systematic literature reviews and mapping studies in this domain have identified solutions, challenges or research gaps in terms of software architecting, 10 knowledge sharing, 21–23 agile practices, 12,24 requirements risks and change management, 25–29 cultural differences 28,29 or process improvement, 30 and among others. Although some of these studies address aspects that could indirectly be related to GSD governance, none of them directly addresses governance issues.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global software development governance: Challenges and solutions

Manjavacas

Vizcaíno

Ruíz

et al. 2020

J Software Evolu Process

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Global software development (GSD) has become a rising software development model in the last few years. Although much research has been performed in terms of GSD management, GSD governance research is scarce at the present time and presents multiple challenges that need to be addressed. In this paper, a systematic mapping study has been conducted, the aim of which was to discover the main issues dealt with in GSD governance literature, as well as to point out the particular research gaps that are still present in this domain. This allowed us to find out new challenges to be addressed, along with possible solutions to these. The results reveal a lack of research in key aspects such as tools, culture, people, and information, all of which provides a great opportunity for future approaches while also highlighting new opportunities in GSD governance research.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global software development governance: Challenges and solutions

Manjavacas

Vizcaíno

Ruíz

et al. 2020

J Software Evolu Process

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“…The current study, evaluates the findings of the systematic literature review in the outsourcing industry. The literature highlights that similar approach was used by other researchers [3], [10], [34], [35], [36]. Fig 1, shows the proposed research method for the identification of influencing factors and their evaluation from the experts in the outsourcing industry.…”

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“…Interestingly, all the identified factors through systematic literature review were evaluated and found related to offshoring decisions. We selected only 'strong influence' column for the analysis purposes, this method was also used by other researchers to analyze the survey results [11], [15], [36].…”

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Empirical Investigation of Influencing Factors Regarding Offshore Outsourcing Decision of Application Maintenance

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Global Software Development (GSD) has been an emerging trend in the development of software globally, for the last two decades. Information Technology (IT) outsourcing includes application development, application maintenance, infrastructure management and business process outsourcing. Software maintenance aims to keep the IT system operational and to fulfill the client requirements. The maintenance is considered the longest phase of software life cycle that consumes about 60-70% of the total software budget. Maintenance of software is not only time consuming but also requires a significant human resources' ratio. Mostly, software acquisition and maintenance consume a big portion of the total IT budget. The current study aims to evaluate the findings of the systematic literature review and to derive a list of critical success factors regarding offshore outsourcing decision of application maintenance. Thus, an empirical study is performed to validate the influencing factors that were identified by using systematic literature review. These factors are further validated by 93 outsourcing experts from 30 different countries. The collected data through online survey is analyzed based on variables such as respondents experience level, respondents' locations (continents), experts' positions. Similarly, the data is analysed based on Chi square test (linear by linear association) and Spearman Rank Correlation. Additionally, the identified factors through survey and systematic literature review are ranked by two different methods. Consequently, a project assessment model is proposed, based on the critical success factors for the sourcing decision of application maintenance.

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“…By using the online survey (questionnaire), the identified factors were evaluated by 93 outsourcing experts across the 30 countries. Previous research studies [45][46][47] employed a similar strategy for factor assessment and evaluation.…”

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Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Application Maintenance Offshoring Using Analytic Hierarchy Process

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The phenomenon of Global Software Development (GSD) has attracted the interest of businesses all over the world. It brings together partners from various national and corporate cultures to develop applications with numerous advantages, including access to a vast labor pool, cost savings, and round the clock growth. GSD, on the other hand, is technologically and organizationally diverse and poses a number of obstacles for the development team, such as geographical distance, cultural differences, communication and language barriers. Global services are provided by selecting one of the suitable global delivery options, i.e., the onshore model, nearshore model or offshore model. Experts typically choose one of the models based on the nature of the project and the needs of the customer. However, the vendors and clients lack an adequate decision support system that can assist them in making suitable sourcing decisions. Therefore, the current study presents a Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) model for offshore outsourcing decisions of application maintenance. To achieve our target, two systematic literature reviews were conducted that explored a list of 15 influencing factors. The identified factors were further evaluated in the outsourcing industry by performing an empirical study that resulted in a list of 10 critical success factors. We propose a sourcing framework based on the critical success factors that can assist decision makers in adopting a suitable sourcing strategy for the offshore outsourcing of application maintenance. In order to further enhance the decision-making process, the MCDM model is developed based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The MCDM model is evaluated with three case studies in highly reputable international companies, including IBM Stockholm, Sweden, Vattenfall AB, Stockholm, Sweden and a London based company in the United Kingdom. The outcomes of these case studies are further reviewed and validated by the outsourcing specialists in other firms. The proposed model is used as a decision support system that determines the ranking of sourcing alternatives and suggests the most suitable option for application maintenance offshoring.

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Agile practices for global software development vendors in the development of green and sustainable software

Cited by 18 publications

References 82 publications

Global software development governance: Challenges and solutions

Global software development governance: Challenges and solutions

Empirical Investigation of Influencing Factors Regarding Offshore Outsourcing Decision of Application Maintenance

Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Application Maintenance Offshoring Using Analytic Hierarchy Process

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