Practitioners Perspective on Motivators of Agile in Global Software Development

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.09364v2
• Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:50:14 GMT
• Title: Practitioners Perspective on Motivators of Agile in Global Software Development
• Authors: Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Abeer Al-Sanad, Saima Rafi, Yuqing Wang, Musaad Alzahrani,
• Abstract summary: This work empirically studies the motivators that could positively influence the execution of agile-based GSD in European software industry.<n>A quantitative survey was conducted and data from 139 practitioners working in agile and GSD based projects was collected.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: In modern software development world, experts are trying to provide the best solutions to their clients. To achieve this, the organizations opt for the agile software development process as it enables them to develop and deliver the product in-time and as per clients expectations. Consequently, in software engineering industry, the Global Software Development (GSD) is the most widely considering software development paradigm as it offers significant strategic and business gains. Seeking the benefits of GSD, the European software engineering organizations are outsourcing their development activities in developing countries. Considering the criticalities of agile adoption in GSD, this work empirically studies the motivators that could positively influence the execution of agile-based GSD in European software industry. A quantitative survey was conducted and data from 139 practitioners working in agile and GSD based projects was collected. The collected observations were further analyzed using Smart-PLS (3.0). The results show that the identified motivators are important to consider by industry experts to successfully apply the agile practices in GSD context.

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