Situational Factors Affecting Software Development Process Selection
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Context: Within organizations which provide IT, R&D and\nconsulting services to diverse markets, it is common to use\ndifferent software development processes. It helps\norganizations to meet the requirements of projects, which\nfocus on different business domains. Herein the challenge\nis to determine which factors should be considered by\nproject managers, when it comes to choosing appropriate\nprocess for each particular project.\nObjectives: This study aims to evaluate the gap between\nacquired and deployed technology for selective agile\nprocess implementations and identify situational factors\n(SFs), which influence process selection within\norganizations.\nMethod: The qualitative semi-structured and spontaneous,\ninformal interviews, literature review, quantitative webbased\nquestionnaire and validation meetings with project\nmanagers were used to define and collect necessary data\nand validate thesis results\nResults: The result of this thesis work is presented as a\ntable, containing 17 situational factors, which have been\nidentified and grouped under 6 main categories. Moreover,\nsurvey results provide adoption rate per every investigated\nprocess, serving also as “evidence of match”, proving that\nright process was chosen for each particular project within\ncompanies.\nConclusions: It is concluded that it is important to be\naware and take into account SFs to get the optimal match\nbetween each project-process pair. It can help to increase\nadoption rate of the process, which was deployed, and use\nmaximum of the benefits, tailored to the specific process.
Authors: Burçin Dede, Irina Lioufko
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1521441704