research-article

A Systematic Literature Review on Global Software Development Life Cycle

Authors:

Ugrasen SumanAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 40, Issue 2

Pages 1 - 14

https://doi.org/10.1145/2735399.2735408

Published: 03 April 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Global software development (GSD) has now become a prominent software development paradigm. Software companies are increasingly adopting GSD approaches in order to produce high quality software. GSD's popularity has attracted the researchers to investigate this field, but most of the research work related to global software development cycle is scattered. Therefore, there is a need to integrate and compile all research work related to GSD life cycle to provide a consolidated understanding for software practitioners as well as researchers. In this paper, we report our findings through systematic literature review that aimed at identifying the challenges faced by the globally distributed teams during various phases of software development. We have also discussed suggested best practices, and tools that can be helpful in alleviating these challenges.

References

[1]

Ågerfalk, P.J., Fitzgerald, B., Holmström, H., Lings, B., Lundell, B., Conchúir, E.Ó. 2005. A framework for considering opportunities and threats in distributed software development. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Distributed Software Development (Paris, August, 2005). 29, Austrian Computer Society, 47--61.

[2]

Ågerfalk, P.J., Fitzgerald, B., Olsson, H.H., and Ó Conchúir, E. 2008. Benefits of global software development: the known and unknown. In Proceedings of the Software process, 2008 international conference on making globally distributed software development a success story (ICSP'08), Qing Wang, Dietmar Pfahl, and David M. Raffo (Eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1--9.

Digital Library

[3]

Ågerfalk, P. J., and Fitzgerald, B. 2006. Flexible and Distributed Software Processes: Old Petunias in New Bowls? Commun. ACM. 49, 10(Oct 2006). 26--34.

Digital Library

[4]

Ó Conchúir, E., Ågerfalk, P.J., Olsson, H.H., and Fitzgerald, B. 2009. Global software development: where are the benefits? Commun. ACM. 52, 8 (August 2009), 127--131. DOI=http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1536616.1536648.

Digital Library

[5]

Atkins, D., Handel, M., Herbsleb, J., Mockus, A., Perry, D., Wills, G. 2001. Global Software Development: The Bell Labs Collaboratory. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering (Toronto, Canada, May 15-18, 2001). 681.

Digital Library

[6]

Betz, S., Makio, J., Stephan, R. 2007. Offshoring of Software Development -- Methods and Tools for Risk Management. In proceedings of the SecondIEEEInternational Conference on Global Software Engineering (August27-30, 2007). 280--281.DOI=http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4299865&isnumber=4299826.

Digital Library

[7]

Casey, V. 2011. Imparting the importance of culture to global software development. ACM Inroads 1, 3 (September, 2011), 51--57. DOI=http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1835428.1835443.

Digital Library

[8]

Damian, D., and Moitra, D. 2006. Guest Editors' Introduction: Global Software Development: How Far Have We Come? IEEE Softw. 23, 5 (September, 2006), 17--19. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MS.2006.126.

Digital Library

[9]

Ebert, C. 2006. Road Blocks and Enablers for Global Software Engineering Projects. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering (October 2006).29. Global

Digital Library

[10]

Galviá, Z., Smite, D. 2011. Software Development Processes in Globally Distributed Environment. Scientific Papers. 770 (2011), University of Latvia.

[11]

Gomes, V., Marczak, S., 2012. Problems? We All Know We Have Them. Do We Have Solutions Too? A Literature Review on Problems and Their Solutions in Global Software Development. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Global Software Engineering (August 27-30, 2012). 154--158. DOI= http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6337353&isnumber=6337293.

Digital Library

[12]

Gopal, A., Mukhopadhyay, T., and Krishnan, M.S. 2002. The role of software processes and communication in offshore software development. Commun. ACM 45, 4 (April, 2002), 193--200. DOI=http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/505248.506008.

Digital Library

[13]

Gumm, D.C. 2006. Distribution Dimensions in Software Development Projects: A Taxonomy. IEEE Softw. 23, 5 (September, 2006). 45--51. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MS.2006.122.

Digital Library

[14]

Herbsleb, J. D., and Moitra, D.2001. Global software development. IEEE Software (March-April, 2001) 16--20.

Digital Library

[15]

Jaakkola, H., Heimbürger, A., and Linna, P. 2010. Knowledge-oriented software engineering process in a multi-cultural context. Software Quality Control 18, 2 (June, 2010). 299--319. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11219-009-9091-x.

Digital Library

[16]

Jiménez, M., Piattini, M., and Vizcaino, A. 2009. Challenges and improvements in distributed software development: a systematic review. Adv. Soft. Eng. 2009, Article 3 (January, 2009). DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/710971.

Digital Library

[17]

Kitchenham, B., and Charters, S. 2007. Guidelines for performing Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering. Vol 2.3 EBSE Technical Report, EBSE-2007-01. Software Engineering Group, School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Keele University, Keele, UK.

[18]

Lopez, A., Carrillo-de-Gea, J.M., Toval, A. 2009. Risks and Safeguards for the Requirements Engineering Process in Global Software Development. In Proceedings of the 2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE '09). IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA, 394---399. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICGSE.2009.62.

Digital Library

[19]

Pressman, R. S. 2010. Software engineering A Practitioner's approach. Ed.7. Mc Graw Hill, 2010.

Digital Library

[20]

Setamanit, S., Wakeland, W., and Raffo, D. 2006. Planning and improving global software development process using simulation. In Proceedings of the 2006 International workshop on Global software development for the practitioner (GSD '06). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8--14. DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1138506.1138510.

Digital Library

Cited By

Teixeira PTeixeira LSilva SEusébio C(2025)Technology-based approaches for accessible tourism: Using personas to understand stakeholders’ characteristics and motivationsData and Information Management10.1016/j.dim.2025.100095(100095)Online publication date: Feb-2025
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dim.2025.100095
Bi TXia BXing ZLu QZhu L(2024)On the Way to SBOMs: Investigating Design Issues and Solutions in PracticeACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology10.1145/365444233:6(1-25)Online publication date: 27-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3654442
Guerino GNogueira VScapim GAlexandre MGomes SLeal GBalancieri R(2024)Wireflows in Action: A Case Study on Non-UX Professionals' Perceptions of Using a UX Technique2024 L Latin American Computer Conference (CLEI)10.1109/CLEI64178.2024.10700197(1-9)Online publication date: 12-Aug-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEI64178.2024.10700197
Show More Cited By

Index Terms

A Systematic Literature Review on Global Software Development Life Cycle
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

Recommendations

An Excursion to Software Development Life Cycle Models: An Old to Ever-growing Models

Software Engineering provides a standard way to develop and maintain a complex software. Industry uses software development Life Cycles (SDLC) to develop a software. SDLC plays an important role as it helps to define the software requirements, model the ...
A Project Management Framework for Global Software Development

Global software development (GSD) is a prevalent trend which has fascinated most software companies. However, the failure rate of GSD projects reveals the fact that these types of projects are not an easy endeavor. Management of GSD project is a domain ...
Systematic literature review on agile practices in global software development
Abstract Context
Developing software in distributed development environments exhibits coordination, control and communication challenges. Agile practices, which demand frequent communication and self-organization between remote sites, are increasingly ...

Comments

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

cover image ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 40, Issue 2

March 2015

125 pages

ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/2735399

Editor:
Michael Wing

Issue’s Table of Contents

Copyright © 2015 Authors.

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 03 April 2015

Published in SIGSOFT Volume 40, Issue 2

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Research-article

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

35
Total Citations
View Citations
1,628
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)245
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)32

Reflects downloads up to 08 Mar 2025

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

Teixeira PTeixeira LSilva SEusébio C(2025)Technology-based approaches for accessible tourism: Using personas to understand stakeholders’ characteristics and motivationsData and Information Management10.1016/j.dim.2025.100095(100095)Online publication date: Feb-2025
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dim.2025.100095
Bi TXia BXing ZLu QZhu L(2024)On the Way to SBOMs: Investigating Design Issues and Solutions in PracticeACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology10.1145/365444233:6(1-25)Online publication date: 27-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3654442
Guerino GNogueira VScapim GAlexandre MGomes SLeal GBalancieri R(2024)Wireflows in Action: A Case Study on Non-UX Professionals' Perceptions of Using a UX Technique2024 L Latin American Computer Conference (CLEI)10.1109/CLEI64178.2024.10700197(1-9)Online publication date: 12-Aug-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEI64178.2024.10700197
Khan MIlyas MQadah TGhaffar A(2024)Factors Influencing Software Development Competencies of GSD Teams: Extraction from SLR and Empirical StudyIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3519256(1-1)Online publication date: 2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3519256
Teixeira PEusébio CTeixeira L(2024)Understanding the integration of accessibility requirements in the development process of information systems: a systematic literature reviewRequirements Engineering10.1007/s00766-023-00409-829:2(143-176)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s00766-023-00409-8
Milfont PAlbuquerque ALeite G(2024)Management of Remote Work in Distributed Software Development: A Systematic Literature ReviewSoftware Engineering Methods Design and Application10.1007/978-3-031-70285-3_12(153-175)Online publication date: 23-Oct-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70285-3_12
Jadhav AKumar Shandilya S(2024)Towards effective feature selection in estimating software effort using machine learningJournal of Software: Evolution and Process10.1002/smr.258836:5Online publication date: 25-Apr-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1002/smr.2588
Chaves LCastro ROliveira FTiago L(2023)Improvements of the Software Quality Assurance Process Towards Issues’ Effectiveness in a Global Software Development Environment.Proceedings of the 2023 9th International Conference on Computer Technology Applications10.1145/3605423.3605424(192-200)Online publication date: 10-May-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3605423.3605424
Müller KKoch CRiehle DStops MHarutyunyan N(2023)Challenges of Working from Home in Software Development During Covid-19 LockdownsACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology10.1145/357963632:5(1-41)Online publication date: 24-Jul-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3579636
Sarı ADervişoğlu BRovshenov A(2023)Design and Feasibility Study of Assistive Robotic Arm for Orthopedically Handicapped Individuals2023 4th International Informatics and Software Engineering Conference (IISEC)10.1109/IISEC59749.2023.10391017(1-6)Online publication date: 21-Dec-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/IISEC59749.2023.10391017
Show More Cited By

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Full Access

Get this Publication

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

eReader

View online with eReader.

Figures

Tables

Media

View Issue’s Table of Contents