AZ-Model of software requirements change management in global software development

Abstract

presently, the interest of global software development is growing increasingly due to some economic and strategic gains. However, software development organizations are interested to globalize their work, but it is not straightforward. Many challenges are faced by the software firms and Requirement Change Management (RCM) is one of them. This study proposed a comprehensive framework for the successful implementation of RCM activities in Global Software Development (GSD) namely “AZ-Model of RCM”. It overcomes the limitations of the existing models and has significant impact for managing the requirements changes (RCs) within time and budget. Further, the proposed model was assessed through a questionnaire survey study. The statistical tool (i.e. SPSS) was applied to evaluate the significance of AZ-Model of RCM. The present study may helpful for RCM practitioners to implement the demanded changes effectively in the domain of GSD.