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Towards dealing with commonly occurring requirements engineering process issues during software development outsourcing

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  • Javed Iqbal
  • Rodina B Ahmad
  • Fazal-e- Amin
  • Muhammad Shoaib
  • Mohd Hairul Nizam Nasir

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Due to specific advantages, the volume of Software Development Outsourcing (SDO) is rapidly increasing. Because of challenges arising from the Requirements Engineering (RE) process, the anticipated benefits of SDO are not achieved in case of several projects. The objective of this research work is to recommend RE practices for addressing the commonly arising RE process issues in the case of SDO. For this reason, a thorough literature review has been undertaken, as well as two questionnaire surveys have been performed with skilled SDO industry practitioners. The surveys have been done by utilizing semi-supervised style and employing Convenience Sampling method. The 50 percent rule and a four-point Likert Scale have also been used to determine the advantages of RE practices for dealing with the issues. A comprehensive list of 147 RE practices has been extracted by conducting a Focus Group session. Furthermore, the 147 RE practices have been ranked by applying Numerical Assignment and Hundred Dollar Techniques during two Focus Group sessions. The detection and adaptation of RE practices aids in enhancing the SDO RE process, evading SDO failures, and achieving the associated SDO advantages.

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  • Javed Iqbal & Rodina B Ahmad & Fazal-e- Amin & Muhammad Shoaib & Mohd Hairul Nizam Nasir, 2022. "Towards dealing with commonly occurring requirements engineering process issues during software development outsourcing," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(7), pages 1-32, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0269607
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269607
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    1. H. Keith Edwards & Varadharajan Sridhar, 2005. "Analysis of Software Requirements Engineering Exercises in a Global Virtual Team Setup," Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM), IGI Global, vol. 13(2), pages 21-41, April.
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