Empirical Exploration of the Software Integration Success Factors in Global Software Development: Analyses based on Company Size and Practitioners' Experiences

摘要

Software Integration is the most important and complicated phase of software development process. The integration phase becomes even more challenging in Global Software Development (GSD) environment. In our previous study, we identified nine Critical Success Factors (CSFs) using Systematic Literature Review (SLR). Further, for validation of the identified CSFs and for identification of additional success factors, we conducted an industrial survey in GSD environment. In this paper, we present some important analyses of the identified software integration CSFs in GSD environment, based on practitioners' experiences and company size, through Industrial survey.