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An integrated fuzzy DEMATEL, TOPSIS, and ELECTRE approach for evaluating knowledge transfer effectiveness with reference to GSD project outcome

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The offshore/onsite teams’ knowledge transfer (KT) effectiveness is one of the key determinants for achieving the outcome of global software development (GSD) projects. In this study, the significance of offshore/onsite teams (GSD teams) KT effectiveness in GSD projects is measured through various factors: knowledge, team, technology, and organization factors. Moreover, the assessment framework for the integration of knowledge, team, technology, and organization factors for evaluating KT effectiveness in GSD projects has not been adequately available in the existing literature. For this motivation, the main objective of this study is to propose the assessment framework to evaluate offshore/onsite teams KT effectiveness with reference to GSD project outcome. For evaluating KT effectiveness of GSD teams, we have integrated three Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making (FMCDM) methodologies: (a) Fuzzy Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory Model (DEMATEL), (b) Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and (c) Elimination Et Choix Traduisant la REaite (ELECTRE). Further, the hybridization of fuzzy DEMATEL, TOPSIS, and ELECTRE has not available in the existing literature. Based on this research gap, we have integrated fuzzy DEMATEL, TOPSIS, and ELECTRE approach for evaluating KT effectiveness of offshore/onsite teams in the context of GSD project outcome. Subsequently, the applicability and capability of proposed framework has been validated by software experts at Inowits Software Organization in India.

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  1. School of Computing Science and Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Arun Kumar Sangaiah

  2. School of Information Technology and Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Jagadeesh Gopal

  3. East Point College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

    Anirban Basu

  4. Discipline of Information Systems and Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

    Prabhakar Rontala Subramaniam

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Sangaiah, A.K., Gopal, J., Basu, A. et al. An integrated fuzzy DEMATEL, TOPSIS, and ELECTRE approach for evaluating knowledge transfer effectiveness with reference to GSD project outcome. Neural Comput & Applic 28, 111–123 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-015-2040-7

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