Requirement Volatility, Standardization and Knowledge Integration in Software Projects: An Empirical Analysis on Outsourced IS Development Projects

Govindaraju, Rajesri; Bramagara, Angra; Gondodiwiryo, Leksananto; Simatupang, Togar M.

doi:10.5614/itbj.ict.res.appl.2015.9.1.4

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“…The literature consistently indicates that variations in project/task requirements pose significant risks to the project/team performance because they can significantly disturb the arrangement of the use of critical team resources (Thakurta, 2010), and thus can result in task and relationship conflicts among team members (Sawyer, 2001). Additionally, while it is essential to integrate and to utilize, appropriately, various kinds of team member knowledge to handle variations in project/task requirements in the team's assignment, poor integration of knowledge can result in conflicting interpretations of the project/task requirements and a decrease in the effectiveness of intrateam collaboration, which may eventually lead to conflict between team members (Govindaraju et al , 2015). Huzooree and Ramdoo (2015) also imply that frequent changes in project requirements increase the probability of the occurrence of interpersonal conflicts in project teams because it makes it more difficult to reconcile the different perceptions of team members who have different perspectives regarding the focal project.…”

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Exploring the development of entrepreneurial identity in a learning-by-doing entrepreneurial project environment

Chen

Wang

2021

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PurposeUnderstanding the construction of individual entrepreneurial identity for entrepreneurship education is an important but understudied issue. Prior studies indicate that entrepreneurship learning is associated with not only learning critical entrepreneurial skills and knowledge but also facilitating the construction of a personal entrepreneurial identity. However, educators are constantly challenged by the task of facilitating such an identity within students via learning-by-doing processes in the context of entrepreneurial teams. Additionally, while effective conflict management is essential to productive entrepreneurial learning in entrepreneurial teams, studies that investigate the relationships between interpersonal conflicts of entrepreneurial teams and the students' entrepreneurial identity are absent.Design/methodology/approachThe approach of an in-depth case study was adopted to achieve our research purpose.FindingsA conceptual model that describes the construction of the entrepreneurial identity of students of entrepreneurial teams in a learning-by-doing environment from the perspectives of conflicts and task characteristics are developed.Research limitations/implicationsThe research findings highlight the preliminary relationships between task characteristics (i.e. task interdependence, task uncertainty, resource competition and tension regarding responsibility allocation) and interpersonal conflicts of entrepreneurial teams, and their impacts on the entrepreneurial identity of team members.Originality/valueThis study is among the first group of studies that especially explores the relationships among task characteristics of entrepreneurship projects, interpersonal conflicts and the development of students' entrepreneurial identity.

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Exploring the development of entrepreneurial identity in a learning-by-doing entrepreneurial project environment

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2021

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“…The factors such as Lack of detailed specifications, ambiguous requirements, and project specificity all have a significant impact on global IT development. Both the vendor and the client must establish collaboration when working on an IT project [95]. Similar to this Beulen et al [6] have discussed that any change in the business process at the time of project's execution, leads to changes in requirements.…”

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Application Maintenance Offshoring Using HCI Based Framework and Simple Multi Attribute Rating Technique (SMART)

Rahman,

Alzayed,

Mohmand

et al. 2023

IEEE Access

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Over the last two decades, the rapid expansion of the Internet has prompted a growing number of enterprises to deploy their work globally. Companies are increasingly reliant on software systems, which need ongoing modification, maintenance, and upgrades. The maintenance phase consumes approximately 80% of the total software budget. Therefore, these businesses need to efficiently manage their software maintenance efforts and expenses. Hence, companies have been eagerly looking for offshore outsourcing of these software systems. Choosing the best sourcing model for software maintenance projects remains elusive and challenging due to a variety of technological, social, and political factors. This study aims to analyze application maintenance offshoring related factors and addresses its decision-making process. To achieve the study objectives, factors of two datasets are analyzed based on standard deviation, mean and mean error. The Critical Success Factors (CSFs) are examined thoroughly to explore their impact on decision-making process. Additionally, the study proposes a sourcing framework based on CSFs that uses the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) principles. This framework assists clients and vendors to evaluate the projects prior to offshoring decisions. To enhance decision-making process, a case study is conducted in the IT industry and the Simple Multi Attribute Rating Technique (SMART) is applied. As the results show, SMART ranks the available options and helps in making effective offshoring decisions.

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“…Another most recurring factor in our study was requirement volatility. According to [63], requirement volatility can be defined "as any change or growth in project's requirement specification". It is essential to mention here that requirement volatility contributed as a critical factor in project failure according to chaos report [37].…”

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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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Requirement Volatility, Standardization and Knowledge Integration in Software Projects: An Empirical Analysis on Outsourced IS Development Projects

Cited by 10 publications

References 39 publications

Exploring the development of entrepreneurial identity in a learning-by-doing entrepreneurial project environment

Exploring the development of entrepreneurial identity in a learning-by-doing entrepreneurial project environment

Application Maintenance Offshoring Using HCI Based Framework and Simple Multi Attribute Rating Technique (SMART)

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

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