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A study of software development project cost, schedule and quality by outsourcing to low cost destination. |
| Συγγραφείς: |
Mishra, Debasisha1, Mahanty, Biswajit2 |
| Πηγή: |
Journal of Enterprise Information Management. 2016, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p454-478. 25p. |
| Θεματικοί όροι: |
*Computer software development, *Computer programming management, *Contracting out, *Management service providers (Contractors), *Computer software industry, *Cost |
| Περίληψη: |
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to find good values of onsite-offshore team strength; number of hours of communication between business users and onsite team and between onsite and offshore team so as to reduce project cost and improve schedule in a global software development (GSD) environment for software development project. Design/methodology/approach – This study employs system dynamics simulation approach to study software project characteristics in both co-located and distributed development environments. The authors consulted 14 experts from Indian software outsourcing industry during our model construction and validation. Findings – The study results show that there is a drop in overall team productivity in outsourcing environment by considering the offshore options. But the project cost can be reduced by employing the offshore team for coding and testing work only with minimal training for imparting business knowledge. The research results show that there is a potential to save project cost by being flexible in project schedule. Research limitations/implications – The implication of the study is that the project management team should be careful not to keep high percentage of manpower at offshore location in distributed software environment. A large offshore team can increase project cost and schedule due to higher training overhead, lower productivity and higher error proneness. In GSD, the management effort should be to keep requirement analysis and design work at onsite location and involves the offshore team in coding and testing work. Practical implications – The software project manager can use the model results to divide the software team between onsite and offshore location during various phases of software development in distributed environment. Originality/value – The study is novel as there is little attempt at finding the team distribution between onsite and offshore location in GSD environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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