Making Agile Development and Offshoring Practice Successful on Global Software Development Project

2013 ◽  
pp. 107-119
Author(s):  
Edward Chen
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Global Software Development ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Software Development Project ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Develop Software

Two significant trends have been gaining momentum in software development: the utilization of Agile development methodologies, and the continuing trend of companies to outsource development work offshore. These two trends have changed the way companies develop software and business applications. This chapter seeks to evaluate how a company can successfully manage both trends in conjunction with each other on global business. The primary question addressed is whether the benefits derived from Agile development methodologies and the savings from outsourced software development efforts cancel each other out when applied together, or whether they create a synergy greater than the sum of the parts. In order to answer this question, this chapter intends to examine several relevant business practices and industry experiences. From lessons learned, we identify factors which seem to influence a successful combination of Agile methodology and offshoring in global software development projects.

Making Agile Development and Offshoring Practice Successful on Global Software Development Project

2014 ◽  
pp. 1197-1209
Author(s):  
Edward T. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Global Software Development ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Software Development Project ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Develop Software

Two significant trends have been gaining momentum in software development: the utilization of Agile development methodologies, and the continuing trend of companies to outsource development work offshore. These two trends have changed the way companies develop software and business applications. This chapter seeks to evaluate how a company can successfully manage both trends in conjunction with each other on global business. The primary question addressed is whether the benefits derived from Agile development methodologies and the savings from outsourced software development efforts cancel each other out when applied together, or whether they create a synergy greater than the sum of the parts. In order to answer this question, this chapter intends to examine several relevant business practices and industry experiences. From lessons learned, we identify factors which seem to influence a successful combination of Agile methodology and offshoring in global software development projects.

Measuring Software Development Project Performance

2019 ◽  
pp. 315-345
Author(s):  
Nihan Yildirim ◽  
Semih Ersöz ◽  
Bilal Altun
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Software Development Project ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Development Processes

Adopting agile methodologies to software development processes helps software companies to sustain their growth through efficiency for long term. In the digital transformation era, Industry 4.0 as part of High-Tech Strategy 2020 for Germany involves agile principles and brings the latest technological trends in production process. The purpose of this chapter is to design a proper agile project management performance measurement model for start-up software companies. First, all key performance indicators related to agile development in the literature have been listed. Then KPIs that are provided from literature review with content analysis have been reviewed and categorized by expert opinions that were collected through in-depth interviews. Seven strategic KPIs and their data collection systems are defined and designed. Lastly, process and data collection improvements are recommended in order to sustain agile development measurement model.

Measuring Software Development Project Performance

2022 ◽  
pp. 1385-1415
Author(s):  
Nihan Yildirim ◽  
Semih Ersöz ◽  
Bilal Altun
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Software Development Project ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Development Processes

Adopting agile methodologies to software development processes helps software companies to sustain their growth through efficiency for long term. In the digital transformation era, Industry 4.0 as part of High-Tech Strategy 2020 for Germany involves agile principles and brings the latest technological trends in production process. The purpose of this chapter is to design a proper agile project management performance measurement model for start-up software companies. First, all key performance indicators related to agile development in the literature have been listed. Then KPIs that are provided from literature review with content analysis have been reviewed and categorized by expert opinions that were collected through in-depth interviews. Seven strategic KPIs and their data collection systems are defined and designed. Lastly, process and data collection improvements are recommended in order to sustain agile development measurement model.

Managing Software Risks in Maintenance Projects, from a Vendor Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srikrishnan Sundararajan ◽  
M. Bhasi ◽  
K.V. Pramod
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Software Maintenance ◽  
Fortune 500 ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Global Software Development ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Geographical Locations

Global software development exposes projects to the challenges arising from geo-cultural spread of the team and delegation of project ownership. Therefore, risk management in global software development receives attention from many researchers today. The primary focus in this paper is an investigation of risks associated with the maintenance of information systems by teams distributed across geographical locations, cultures, and vendors. Here the authors present the case study of a large offshore outsourced program that maintained a portfolio of business applications for a fortune 500 US client. The program exhibited a wide variety of characteristics typical of maintenance projects. The study investigated the risks, risk resolution techniques, lessons learned and best practices adopted in the program, from a vendor perspective. The findings provide useful insights into understanding and responding to the challenges in initiating, transitioning and managing global software maintenance projects.

scholarly journals Analysis of Maturity Level Project Management of Software Development In Scrum Framework: Case Research On Tribe Enterprise PT. XYZ

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-97
Author(s):  
Fakhrul Ridha ◽  
Ega Hegarini
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Software Development Project ◽  
Case Research ◽  
A Company

One of the most widely used product developments now is Agile Development Method. In Agile Development there are several frameworks, one of them is Scrum. This research examines the maturity level of software development project management that applies Scrum framework. The research was conducted using quantitative research methodologies using Scrum Maturity Model. Data was collected by distributing questionnaires to employees at a company that works as a Scrum Master. In addition to the data obtained from the questionnaire, interviews were also conducted to confirm answers from respondents. The interview aims to ensure the answers given by respondents are consistent with documentary evidence carried out through the research of project documents. Then the data analysis is done by assessing the level of maturity of each process in the Scrum framework using Agile Maturity Model (AMM) approach. The results from the analysis of Maturity Level Project Management of Software Development are used to provide recommendations for improvement to achieve a higher level of maturity.

scholarly journals Translation of Activities in a Global Virtual Teams Software Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Olayele Adelakun ◽  
Tiko Iyamu
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Global Software Development ◽  
Global Virtual Teams ◽  
Software Development Project ◽  
Software Teams ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Software Development Practices

. This study explores Global Virtual Software Teams’ development practices and try to demystify some of the misconceptions about global software development practices based on findings from the global virtual software teams’ experiment that was carried out at DePaul University from 2011 – 2018. The moments of translation from the perspective of actor-network theory (ANT) was employed in the data analysis, to examine how development approach was selected by the global virtual teams. One of the key findings from our research is that the success of a global software development project does not have a strong dependency on the development approach. While we agree that it is one of the key influencing factors, there are other equally strong factors for global virtual software team’s success.

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