Critical challenges for requirement implementation in context of global software development: A systematic literature review

Abstract

Context: Success of any software depends on the successful implementation of all of its Requirements. There exist a lot of challenges in successful implementation of requirement engineering (RE) process especially when we talk about global software development (GSD). Objective: The objective is to find challenges and barriers in path of RE in context of GSD and analyze the factors which influence the RE in GSD. Method: We have used systematic literature review (SLR) approach for our study. SLR is based on a planned protocol and is more thorough and systematic than ordinary literature survey Result: We have identified critical challenges like `Lack of effective communication', `Organizational change', `Lack of coordination and collaboration', `Lack of knowledge-sharing and awareness'. We have identified critical challenges like `Lack of effective communication', `Organizational change', `Lack of coordination and collaboration' which are common in both periods from 2000 to 2006 and 2007 to 2014.