Paper Info
Title
Investigation of the requirements change management challenges in the domain of global software development
Abstract
AbstractAbstractThe phenomenon of global software development (GSD) has been adopted by a majority of the software development firms to achieve the significant benefits it offers. However, there are many challenges faced by the GSD organizations, which are mainly related to requirements change management (RCM). The key objective of this study is to identify the challenges of RCM process in GSD domain. The systematic literature review (SLR) approach has been used to investigate the challenges of RCM activities, and a total of 30 challenges were identified. We have further classified the identified challenges in the domain of client and vendor GSD organizations, aiming to provide a clear understanding of the RCM process and its challenges in the context of both types of GSD organizations. The identified challenges were also categorized into three core types according to the organization size (small, medium sized, or large), which highlights the significance of each challenge for a specific organizational size. In addition, the criticality of the identified challenges was assessed using the criteria of challenges having a frequency greater than or equal to 50%. According to the findings of this study, a framework is provided that could help GSD organizations address the problems related to RCM in a GSD environment.There are many challenges faced by the global software development (GSD) organizations, which are mainly related to requirements change management (RCM). The key objective of this study is to identify the challenges of the RCM process in the GSD environment. The systematic literature review (SLR) approach has been used to investigate the challenges of RCM activities, and a total of 30 challenges were identified. View Figure
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1002/smr.2207
Periodicals
Keywords
Field
DocType
client and vendor challenges,global software development (GSD),requirement change management (RCM),size-based classification,systematic literature review (SLR)
Systems engineering,Global software development,Requirements change management,Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
31
10
2047-7473
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Muhammad Azeem Akbar132.06
Jun Sang24012.62
Arif Ali Khan34717.15
Shahid Hussain418942.08