Metrics and indicators to assist in the distribution of process steps for distributed software development: A systematic review

The use of indicators provides several benefits among which the effective evaluation of process optimization in Software Development and also supporting the project manager in making strategic decisions. Despite the importance of using metrics in the distribution of the process steps in Distributed Software Development (DSD) given the diversity of existing business model, organizations have neglected their practice. Reasons for this include: (i) processes are poorly defined and controlled and are not mature enough to make use of measurements and (ii) there are no standards for metrics and therefore support is limited to tools for data collection and analysis data. In this context, this paper aims to conduct a systematic review to gather evidence about the existence of metrics and indicators that are specific to development software distributed.