Towards a Framework for Work Package Allocation for GSD

Ruano-Mayoral, Marcos; Colomo‐Palacios, Ricardo; Fernández-González, Joaquín; García-Crespo, Ángel

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25126-9_30

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“…Similarly, in a global tool deployment, change agents are identified for each site to drive the deployment. Hence, challenges related to work distribution [1] are similar for both. For instance, the work distribution leads to similar collaboration and the coordination issues among the change agents.…”

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Towards Global Deployment of Software Engineering Tools

Dubey

Hudepohl

2013

2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Global Software Engineering

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Global nature of multinational organizations pose a different set of challenges in an effective adoption of software engineering tools. Software projects are spread across multiple geographies and tools are deployed globally in these organizations. Global tool deployment is often motivated by an attractive enterprise cost of the tool. Moreover, it helps in harmonizing practices across development groups and useful in establishing benchmarks without further normalizations.There are various parameters to drive a successful tool deployment in a global setup. For example, a good roll out plan, knowledge sharing platform, coordination and trust building among the change agents from different geographies, and a good central support. In this paper, we present our experience of a global roll out of a software engineering tool in a large organization. It has been observed that besides tool's features, factors such as knowledge sharing, active feedback, and training plays an important role in an effective tool deployment.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 89%

Towards Global Deployment of Software Engineering Tools

Dubey

Hudepohl

2013

2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on Global Software Engineering

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“…Framework [19,20] A methodological framework to allocate work packages among participants in global software development projects. Automated support tools are helpful because they make it easier to use the approach, reducing the effort to perform the process or activity.…”

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“…Some approaches were based on multicriteria methods ( [16,34]), one tool used Fuzzy Logic [23], one model adopted simulation techniques [27], and another based on the Bokhari algorithm and Bayesian networks [15]. Also, some approaches have been devoted to indicating the best recommendation for the allocation (e.g., [15,35]), while others have proposed reference models and processes for the allocation flow of tasks (e.g., [17,19]).…”

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“…Prikladnicki [17] identified five categories of factors: development process, project, stakeholders, organization, and dispersion. Ruano-Mayoral et al [19], in turn, defined metrics for the factors used in their framework.…”

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“…A process is necessary to guide users in performing the activities to achieve the proposed goal. Nevertheless, only a few studies have presented approaches that describe some process or flow of activities: TAMRI [15], Ruano-Mayoral's Methodological Framework [19], MuNDDoS [17], MCDA model of Barcus and Montibeller [34], and the Recommendation Framework for SPL [35].…”

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Task Allocation in Distributed Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review

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Distributed development is a constant need in the software industry. The allocation of tasks, in turn, is a critical activity for any project, especially in a distributed setting. Assigning a task to an individual or team can be done in a rigorous manner, taking into account a number of factors. In this scenario, the more data on factors that influence task assignment are available to support the assignment decision, the more likely the project will succeed. As a result, companies have been looking to build their big data with historical project data, aiming to better their chances of success. Some studies about task allocation in distributed software development (DSD) have been carried out along the years aiming at mapping this topic and its features. Also, some approaches, models, and frameworks to task allocation in DSD have been proposed. This paper presents a systematic review of the literature whose objective is to identify works based on multicriteria models for assigning tasks in DDS projects, especially those based on qualitative decision-making methods, considering the cognitive validity present in some of these methods. The review results allowed identifying several interesting aspects and classifying the works according to a set of questions. In addition, it has made some important findings that may be very useful for those who intend to conduct research with qualitative multicriteria methods, since some of them employ techniques considered psychologically valid to address the complexity of the decision about the task allocation in distributed projects.

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Methodological framework for the allocation of work packages in global software development

Ruano-Mayoral

Casado‐Lumbreras

Garbarino-Alberti

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J Software Evolu Process

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Global software development in software development industry is a new aspect for many software project managers. In this scenario, the allocation of work packages among project participants is not a simple task. This allocation was traditionally determined by availability and competence but this new trend introduces complexity in an already complex process. Given the need to define new models to guide managers in these operations, this paper presents a framework to allocate work packages among project participants. Apart from the introduction of the framework itself, the results of its implementation are presented. These results show a notable output of the implementation in terms of accuracy of task execution to planning, effect introduction and overall satisfaction.

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Towards a Framework for Work Package Allocation for GSD

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References 37 publications

Towards Global Deployment of Software Engineering Tools

Towards Global Deployment of Software Engineering Tools

Task Allocation in Distributed Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review

Methodological framework for the allocation of work packages in global software development

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