Title :
A Survey of Enterprise Software Development Risks in a Flat World
Author :
Bhuta, Jesal ; Mallick, Sudeep ; Subrahmanya, S.V.
Author_Institution :
lnfosys Consulting Inc., Bangalore
Abstract :
COTS-based development and global delivery are two major disrupters in modern software development arena. Economic benefits offered by these disrupters cannot be neglected by organizations of any size. Unfortunately, alongside these benefits are several risk factors, which if ill-managed can cost the organizations both in terms of revenue and time. At Infosys, one of India´s leading software services organizations, built upon global delivery model we conducted a study by interviewing representatives from 23 projects to identify risks pertinent to COTS-based development in a global setting. We found 6 frequently occurring risks that will be summarized in this paper.
Keywords :
software development management; COTS-based development; Infosys; economic benefits; enterprise software development risks; flat world; global delivery model; risk factors; Contracts; Costs; Delay; Europe; Programming; Remuneration; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software testing; Team working;
Conference_Titel :
Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, 2007. ESEM 2007. First International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2886-1
DOI :
10.1109/ESEM.2007.74
