Modified agile practices for outsourced software projects

Batra, Dinesh

doi:10.1145/1562164.1562200

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“…software development performed by a team located in a single physical room [10], there is evidence that effort estimation techniques that were originally designed for collocated contexts are not readily applicable in the global context [11]- [14]. To make effort estimation even more challenging in the AGSD context, there is also evidence that agile methods are not readily applicable in the global context neither [15]- [17].…”

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An Empirical Investigation on Effort Estimation in Agile Global Software Development

Britto

Mendes

Börstler

2015

2015 IEEE 10th International Conference on Global Software Engineering

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Abstract-Effort estimation is a project management activity that is mandatory for the execution of software projects. Despite its importance, there have been just a few studies published on such activities within the Agile Global Software Development (AGSD) context. Their aggregated results were recently published as part of a secondary study that reported the state of the art on effort estimation in AGSD. This study aims to complement the aforementioned secondary study by means of an empirical investigation on the state of the practice towards effort estimation in AGSD. To do so, a survey was carried out using as instrument an on-line questionnaire and a sample comprising software practitioners experienced in effort estimation within the AGSD context. Results show that the effort estimation techniques used within the AGSD and collocated contexts remained unchanged, with planning poker being the one employed the most. Sourcing strategies were found to have no or a small influence upon the choice of estimation techniques. With regard to effort predictors, global challenges such as cultural and time zone differences were reported, in addition to factors that are commonly considered in the collocated context, such as team experience. Finally, many challenges that impact the accuracy of the effort estimates were reported by the respondents, such as problems with software requirements and the fact that the communication overhead between sites is not properly accounted.

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An Empirical Investigation on Effort Estimation in Agile Global Software Development

Britto

Mendes

Börstler

2015

2015 IEEE 10th International Conference on Global Software Engineering

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“…These issues are even increasing when GOSD projects use agile software development practices and transfer them to AGOSD projects: agile approaches require an increase of communication, a tighter integration of the (mostly far-away located) client as well as the incorporation of informal modes of control between an onshore client (e.g., in the USA) and an external offshore vendor team (e.g., in India) [8,9,14]. …”

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"Mind the Gap": An Analysis of Communication in Agile Global Outsourced Software Development Projects

Schmidt

Meures²

2016

2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)

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Many organizations are currently combining information technology outsourcing strategies with agile software development practices. The resulting agile global outsourced software development (AGOSD) projects involve joint virtual client vendor teams that apply agile development methods for delivering software, and are specifically challenging in terms of appropriate communication. Therefore, our study provides insights on this topic by evaluating agile communication practices for the usage within AGOSD projects. Our study (1) empirically identifies formerly unknown agile communication practices and (2) provides a practical relevance ranking of communication practices for the usage within AGOSD projects. With our results, we shed light on the as-of-yet under-researched topic of communication practices within AGOSD projects and therefore provide important knowledge for both theory and practice.

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“…Outsourcing also drives project complexity due to the physical and temporal distance it creates between the various parties (Batra, 2009;Bose, 2008). Collaboration-especially in outsourcing-can cause issues when the client and the vendor have different organizational or national cultures (Swar, Moon, Oh, & Rhee, 2012).…”

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Collaboration in Agile Software Development: Concept and Dimensions

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Xia²,

Zhang³

2017

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Abstract:One of the four values listed in the Agile Manifesto emphasizes customer collaboration over contract negotiation, yet the literature has not explained what constitutes customer collaboration and how to assess it. Little research has examined the nature and dimensions of collaboration in the context of agile software development. Based on a grounded theory methodology and using interview data collected from five software development outsourcing vendors in China, we explore the nature and key underlying dimensions of collaboration in agile software development. Five major dimensions of collaboration emerged from our analysis: mutual benefits, engagement, coordination, communication, and knowledge sharing. In turn, each dimension comprises key subdimensions that provide a comprehensive view of collaboration. By revealing the underlying nature and key dimensions, we provide a conceptual basis for operationalizing collaboration that one can employ in future quantitative studies on agility and other project outcomes. Our study results suggest that collaboration in agile software development is multifaceted and mutually occurring in both directions between the customer and the vendor rather than single dimensional as the term "customer collaboration" in the Agile Manifesto indicates.

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Modified agile practices for outsourced software projects

Cited by 48 publications

References 9 publications

An Empirical Investigation on Effort Estimation in Agile Global Software Development

An Empirical Investigation on Effort Estimation in Agile Global Software Development

"Mind the Gap": An Analysis of Communication in Agile Global Outsourced Software Development Projects

Collaboration in Agile Software Development: Concept and Dimensions

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