Experience in Managing Requirements between Distributed Parties in a Research Project Context

Pierce, Ken; Ingram, Claire; Bos, Bert; Ribeiro, Augusto

doi:10.1109/icgse.2013.23

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“…McGee et al 8 and Pierce et al 9 have stated that the main challenge is in discovering and resolving discrepancies between stated needs and expectations. Meanwhile, Nurmuliani et al 10 argued that recognizing the necessity for the adjustments in the first place is a vital step in managing the changes that are required.…”

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Enhanced AZ-Model for Requirement Change Management in the Context of Global Software Development

Mughal

Mazhar

Abbas

2023

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Software organizations are increasingly embracing the advantages of Global Software Development (GSD), such as access to highly skilled developers and reduced development costs. However, the implementation of Requirement Change Management (RCM) activities in GSD is often hindered by a lack of communication and coordination among project stakeholders, as well as an insufficient focus on traceability and monitoring of RCM activities. To overcome these issues, we have enhanced and improved an existing RCM framework to mitigate the identified challenges and to develop a quality product while achieving customer satisfaction and business objectives. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed Enhanced AZ-Model, we sought feedback from the industrial experts and performed a statistical analysis of the collected data. The Enhanced AZ-Model was further validated by performing simulations of the model. The empirical and simulation results indicate that the Enhanced AZ-model efficiently and effectively manage the demanded changes according to the budget and time constraints.

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Enhanced AZ-Model for Requirement Change Management in the Context of Global Software Development

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Mazhar

Abbas

2023

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“…Several studies have been conducted to address the complexities of RCM activities. McGee and Greer 12 and Pierce et al 13 highlighted that the demanded changes in requirements are not a problem, and the problem is how to address the changes effectively. Nurmuliani et al 14 emphasized that the critical step towards the management of demanded changes in the identification of the root cause of demanded change.…”

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A fuzzy analytical hierarchy process to prioritize the success factors of requirement change management in global software development

Akbar

Shameem²,

Khan

et al. 2020

J Software Evolu Process

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Planning and managing of requirement change management (RCM) process in global software development (GSD) are a complicated task, but the RCM plays a significant role in developing the quality software within time and budget. The key aim of this study is to prioritize the factors that could positively influence the RCM program in GSD context. To achieve the study objective, the questionnaire survey study was conducted to get the feedback of the practitioners concerning the success factors of RCM in GSD context. Moreover, the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) was applied. The application of FAHP is novel in this research domain as it has been effectively applied previously in various other research areas, for example, supplier selection, electronics and electrical, personnel selection, and agile software development. The results of this study will provide the prioritization‐based taxonomy of RCM success factors and also contribute by introducing the novel FAHP approach in the research domain of RCM in GSD. The FAHP approach assists the practitioners to reduce the uncertainty and vague opinions of RCM experts.

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“…A number of studies have been conducted to address the complexities of RCM activities. McGee and Greer 12 and Pierce et al 13 highlighted that the necessary changes in requirements are not a problem, and the problem is how to effectively address the changes. Nurmuliani et al 14 emphasized that the key step in the management of the required changes is the identification of the root cause of the requested change.…”

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Readiness model for requirements change management in global software development

Akbar

Mahmood

Huang

et al. 2020

J Software Evolu Process

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Requirements Change Management (RCM) is one of the challenges faced by Global Software Development (GSD) organisations as requirements evolution is inevitable due to dynamic business and operating environments. GSD organisations face issues when dealing with RCM because many organisations embark on GSD without understanding their readiness to undertake such an initiative. Currently, there is no readiness model to assess the RCM process in the context of GSD. The objective of this study is to develop a requirements change management readiness model (RCMRM) for GSD organisations. A Systematic Mapping Study (SMS) was conducted to identify the primary studies related to RCM in the GSD projects. By using SMS, 109 primary studies were selected and 73 RCM practices were identified which were used to design the readiness levels of the proposed RCMRM. To validate the RCMRM, initially, two case studies were conducted in two GSD organisations. Based on the suggestions and recommendations of the case study participants,the RCMRM was further modified. The updated version of RCMRM was further validated by two different GSD organisations. The results of the second case study indicate that RCMRM is effective in assessing the readiness of the RCM process in the context of GSD. K E Y W O R D S global software development, readiness model, requirements change management, requirements engineering, systematic mapping study 1 | INTRODUCTION Requirements change management (RCM) is an important and complex phase of the software development life cycle (SDLC). 1,2 For example, Nurmuliani et al. 3 stated that a change in requirements may occur due to an increase in stakeholder understanding and change in the organizational work environment. The factors causing the change in requirements include a change in customer needs, a change in market demand, global market compaction, and a change in government rules and policies. 1 RCM during SDLC is not merely significant, it is critical to ensure the production of quality software. 1,2 Communication and collaboration play a major role in the overall success of RCM. 4 According to Khan et al. 5 requirements collection and management demand rich communication between the client and the development team. Due to the role of communication and collaboration in the requirements process, RCM is considered challenging in the context of a collocated (single site) software development environment, and it becomes more complicated when adopting global software development (GSD). 2-4 Recently, several software organizations have transited their businesses from collocated to geographically distributed development environments. 1,6 A survey study conducted by the Standish Group indicated that 20% of client software organizations are outsourcing their development activities to vendor countries. 7 Šmite et al. 8 argue that the GSD environment assists software firms to develop quality software at a

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Experience in Managing Requirements between Distributed Parties in a Research Project Context

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Enhanced AZ-Model for Requirement Change Management in the Context of Global Software Development

Enhanced AZ-Model for Requirement Change Management in the Context of Global Software Development

A fuzzy analytical hierarchy process to prioritize the success factors of requirement change management in global software development

Readiness model for requirements change management in global software development

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