Investigating the factors which impact SPI implementation initiatives in software SMEs—A systematic map and review

Sharma, Pooja; Sangal, Amrit Lal

doi:10.1002/smr.2183

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“…These cost drivers have a very negligible impact on the cost. The same criteria are followed in a similar study [38]. These cost drivers could be neglected based on their low significance value.…”

Section: Factors With Low Significant Impact On Costmentioning

confidence: 99%

Empirical Investigation About the Factors Affecting the Cost Estimation in Global Software Development Context

Khan

Iqbal

et al. 2021

IEEE Access

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Software organization always aims at developing a quality software product using the estimated development resources, effort, and time. Global Software Development (GSD) has emerged as an essential tool to ensure optimal utilization of resources, which is performed in globally distributed settings in various geographical locations. Global software engineering focuses on reducing the cost, increasing the development speed, and accessing skilled developers worldwide. Estimating the required amount of resources and effort in the distributed development environment remains a challenging task. Thus, there is a need to focus on cost estimation models in the GSD context. We nevertheless acknowledge that several cost estimation techniques have been reported. However, to the best of our knowledge, the existing cost estimation techniques/models lack considering the additional cost drivers required to compute the accurate cost estimation in the GSD context. Motivated by this, the current work aims at identifying the other cost drivers that affect the cost estimation in the context of GSD. To achieve the targeted objectives, current state-of-the-art related to existing cost estimation techniques of GSD is reported. We adopted SLR and Empirical approach to address the formulated research questions. The current study also identifies the missing factors that would help the practitioners improve the cost estimation models. The results indicate that previously conducted work ignores the additional elements necessary for the cost estimation in the GSD context. Moreover, the current work proposes a conceptual cost estimation model tailored to fit the GSD context.

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Section: Factors With Low Significant Impact On Costmentioning

confidence: 99%

Empirical Investigation About the Factors Affecting the Cost Estimation in Global Software Development Context

Khan

Iqbal

et al. 2021

IEEE Access

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“…Quality assessment in SLR is carried out to analyze the credibility, quality, rigorousness and relevance of reporting of primary studies. Following the threshold value given in [51], the primary studies had an overall score higher than 40% were considered for further process. Based on this criterion none of the studies was left out.…”

Section: Quality Criteria For Study Selectionmentioning

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The Impact of Scope Creep on Project Success: An Empirical Investigation

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Advocates of software engineering and software project management stated in the literature that creeping of scope is one of the most common causes for the failure of software projects. Also, advocates believed that it could occur in almost every software project, which leads to compromise in quality, delayed schedules, increase cost and decreased customer satisfaction. However, the lack of empirical evidence demands a comprehensive investigation to identify the factors of scope creep and to propose a conceptual framework to empirically evaluate the impact of scope creep on software project success. To determine the scope creep factors in this study, two exploratory methods, i.e. a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and interview from experts are performed. Following the analysis of these methods, a conceptual framework is proposed. To empirically evaluate the proposed conceptual framework, data is collected through a survey method. Next, the collected data is analyzed through Partial Least Squares' Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). From the results, it is evident that the identified factors of scope creep are negatively associated with software project success. The results of empirical evaluation also second the findings of SLR. The outcome of the study may help the practitioners to understand the dynamics of factors, which undermine scope creep in software SMEs and to assist them in the development of effective control and mitigation strategies, therefore, to increase the project success rate. INDEX TERMS Scope management, scope creep, requirement creep, software project success, partial least squares structural equation modeling.

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“…14 The objective of the model was to improve on software discipline in project cases that were multicontractor or multilayered. 47 The basis of the model is the capability of the organization or the project, with respect to five levels 48 . Each of these levels has a set of processes that are defined within them.…”

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Measuring the maturity of Indian small and medium enterprises for unofficial readiness for capability maturity model integration‐based software process improvement

Singh

Gill

2020

J Software Evolu Process

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Establishing the maturity levels of ‐ Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) without Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) certification has always been regarded as an extremely challenging task. Software process improvement (SPI) has targeted to monitor and improve software processes, thereby improving the software business. Although there is scientific interest in SPI, little attention has been specifically given to the exploration of maturity levels for non‐CMMI SMEs. The goal is to explore the effect of time on process maturity and maturity levels achieved informally or unofficially by SMEs that are not otherwise CMMI certified. To find out the maturity levels achieved informally, a CMMI‐DEV v1.3 based survey questionnaire is administered to Indian software SMEs. Time of establishment of SMEs and follow‐up of CMMI‐based processes and practices unofficially are used as two important parameters to decide upon process maturity and achievement of specific CMMI level informally. This paper has been successful in ascertaining the effect of time of establishment of SMEs and follow‐up of CMMI‐based processes on process maturity using proposed RuleML that advocates adoption of more than 70% of CMMI‐DEV v1.3 process area‐specific practices for an SME to be unofficially ready for CMMI‐based SPI initiatives. The findings manifest multidimensional aspects of unofficial readiness of SMEs for CMMI‐based SPI that can be used by relevant authorities to select SMEs for funding for SPI initiatives. Finally, the proposed work has been validated statistically using t‐test for CMMI Level II and Level III.

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Investigating the factors which impact SPI implementation initiatives in software SMEs—A systematic map and review

Cited by 11 publications

References 55 publications

Empirical Investigation About the Factors Affecting the Cost Estimation in Global Software Development Context

Empirical Investigation About the Factors Affecting the Cost Estimation in Global Software Development Context

The Impact of Scope Creep on Project Success: An Empirical Investigation

Measuring the maturity of Indian small and medium enterprises for unofficial readiness for capability maturity model integration‐based software process improvement

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