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Software Outsourcing Decision Aid (SODA): A Requirements Based Decision Support Method and Tool

In: Information Systems Outsourcing

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  • Tommi Kramer

    (University of Mannheim, Business School)

  • Armin Heinzl

    (University of Mannheim, Business School)

  • Michael Eschweiler

    (Senacor Technologies AG)

Abstract

This paper seeks to address the decision making problem in IS development outsourcing scenarios in which a project manager is in charge of deciding about which software components shall be outsourced and which ones shall be developed internally. Therefore, we propose a method and tool which leverage the classification of a project’s software components by means of a graph-based model of the components’ requirements and their corresponding clustering. In the course of our design oriented approach, a prototypical implementation of the method has been conducted and evaluated. It illustrates the practical utility of the proposed method. We thereby contribute to the decision making problem in distributed software projects and provide guidance for in-house or external software production. The contribution consists of revealing an improved processing method for assessing software requirements and increasing the outsourcing success of a software project. Our contribution for practice is an implemented prototype for project leaders of distributed teams. In this research, we have emphasized deriving design requirements from underlying theories as well as the evaluation of the outcomes.

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  • Tommi Kramer & Armin Heinzl & Michael Eschweiler, 2014. "Software Outsourcing Decision Aid (SODA): A Requirements Based Decision Support Method and Tool," Progress in IS, in: Rudy Hirschheim & Armin Heinzl & Jens Dibbern (ed.), Information Systems Outsourcing, edition 4, pages 115-138, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prochp:978-3-662-43820-6_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-43820-6_6
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