ǂA ǂreview of critical success factors for offshore software development projects

Abstract

Offshore project success is very much important to both customer and the vendor. Based on very less success rate of overall software projects globally, critical success factors (CSFs) for offshore software projects is gaining much importance. In the current study based on literature review, a total of 75 success factors for offshore software projects are identified. Further based on their appearance in literature 20 critical success factors from 10 CSF categories are identified. Finally top six most critical success factors for offshore software projects such as trust, efficient communication, cultural understanding, relationship between client and vendor, contract type and efficient knowledge transfer are identified. The CSFs categories are prioritized in the order of importance. The important CSF categories for offshore projects found are organizational factors (both client and vendor), project factors, cultural factors and environmental factors.

Keywords

critical success factors;software projects;project success;information systems projects;offshore software projects;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2013
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM FOV - Faculty of Organizational Sciences
Publisher:	Moderna organizacija
UDC:	004
COBISS:	3804616
ISSN:	1318-5454
Parent publication:	Organizacija
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Downloads:	314
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Ocena kritičnih dejavnikov uspeha za “offshore” programske razvojne projekte
Secondary abstract:	Uspešnost “offshore” projektov je zelo pomembna tako za kupca kot za prodajalca. Glede na mnogo nižji delež uspešnosti “offshore” programskih projektov v primerjavi z drugimi projekti s področja razvoja programske opreme, je kritičnim dejavnikom uspeha za “offshore” programske projekte namenjeno veliko pozornosti. Naša raziskava je na podlagi pregleda literature identificirala petinsedemdeset dejavnikov uspeha za te projekte. Nadalje je bilo glede na pogostost pojavljanja v literaturi opredeljenih dvajset kritičnih dejavnikov uspeha iz desetih kategorij dejavnikov. Raziskava je izpostavila kot šest najpomembnejših kritičnih dejavnikov uspeha zaupanje, učinkovito komunikacijo, kulturno razumevanje, odnos med kupcem in prodajalcem, tip pogodbe in učinkovit prenos znanja. Kot pomembne kategorije kritičnih dejavnikov uspeha za “offshore” projekte (KDU) je raziskava ugotovila organizacijske dejavnike (tako kupca kot prodajalca), projektne dejavnike, kulturne dejavnike in okoljske dejavnike.
Secondary keywords:	informacijski sistemi;programski projekti;kritični dejavniki;dejavniki uspeha;
URN:	URN:NBN:SI
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	str. 282-296
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ46
Issue:	ǂno. ǂ6
Chronology:	nov.-dec. 2013
DOI:	10.2478/orga-2013-0026
ID:	10883082