Towards the Guidelines for Requirements Change Management in Global Software Development: Client-Vendor Perspective
Fazal-E-Amin, Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Jun Sang, Nasrullah, Arif Ali Khan, Muhammad Shafiq, . 2019
Currently, being deployed by organizations to develop high-quality software at a low cost, global software development (GSD) faces many challenges that make development activities more complex. These GSD challenges are mainly concerned with requirements to change management (RCM). RCM plays a key role in the successful execution of software projects. The objective of this paper is to identify the best practices of the RCM process by adopting a systematic literature review (SLR) and validate them using questionnaire survey with industry experts. A total of 46 best practices were identified through SLR and validated with industry experts. We have further classified the identified practices in the domain of client and vendor GSD organizations with the aim to provide a clear understanding of the RCM best practices in the context of both types of GSD organizations (client, vendor).
