Towards successful agile development process in software outsourcing environment: A systematic literature review

Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Muhammad Kashif Shad, Fong Woon Lai, Shahid Hussain

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Abstract

Limited considerations have been given to transform the agile development activities in global software development (GSD). In GSD, agile development becomes more complex due to geographically distributed teams. This study reported the factors that are important to transform the agile in GSD, using systematic literature review. A total of 30 success factors (SFs) were identified from the 75 selected primary studies. We further analyse the investigated SFs based on organisations types and organisations size with the aims to analyse the significance of identified SFs with respect to organisation types and size. Moreover, the identified SFs were mapped into six categories of the robust framework and the mapping results shows the project management is the key category of the identified factors. We believe that this study can provide a framework for tackling problems associated with agile activities in a GSD, which is significant to the success and progression of GSD firms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)267-282
Number of pages16
JournalInternational Journal of Business Innovation and Research
Volume23
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Business and International Management
  • Management of Technology and Innovation

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