Components of Software Development Risk: How to Address Them? A Project Manager Survey
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
A Guide To The Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK Guides)
A Guide To The Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK Guides)
EDOCW '06 Proceedings of the 10th IEEE on International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference Workshops
Philips experiences in global distributed software development
Empirical Software Engineering
A risk profile of offshore-outsourced development projects
Communications of the ACM - Organic user interfaces
Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A systematic literature review
Information and Software Technology
Reporting Empirical Research in Global Software Engineering: A Classification Scheme
ICGSE '08 Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
Leveraging or Exploiting Cultural Difference?
ICGSE '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
Using Scrum in Global Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review
ICGSE '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
ICGSE '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
ICGSE '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
Risks and Safeguards for the Requirements Engineering Process in Global Software Development
ICGSE '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
APSEC '09 Proceedings of the 2009 16th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
APSEC '09 Proceedings of the 2009 16th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
Empirical evidence in global software engineering: a systematic review
Empirical Software Engineering
A Process for Managing Risks in Distributed Teams
IEEE Software
Patterns in Effective Distributed Software Development
IEEE Software
Information and Software Technology
Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A tertiary study
Information and Software Technology
Proceedings of the 2010 ACM-IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
CRIWG'10 Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Collaboration and technology
Agile Practices in Global Software Engineering - A Systematic Map
ICGSE '10 Proceedings of the 2010 5th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
ICGSE '10 Proceedings of the 2010 5th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
Preparing Students and Engineers for Global Software Development: A Systematic Review
ICGSE '10 Proceedings of the 2010 5th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
Architectural Knowledge Management in Global Software Development: A Review
ICGSE '10 Proceedings of the 2010 5th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering
Software Configuration Management in Global Software Development: A Systematic Map
APSEC '10 Proceedings of the 2010 Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference
Research synthesis in software engineering: A tertiary study
Information and Software Technology
Information and Software Technology
Six years of systematic literature reviews in software engineering: An updated tertiary study
Information and Software Technology
A Whisper of Evidence in Global Software Engineering
IEEE Software
Signs of Agile Trends in Global Software Engineering Research: A Tertiary Study
ICGSE-W '11 Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Sixth International Conference on Global Software Engineering Workshop
ICGSE-W '11 Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Sixth International Conference on Global Software Engineering Workshop
Models and tools for managing distributed software development: a systematic literature review
EASE'10 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
EASE'08 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
Exploratory case study research: Outsourced project failure
Information and Software Technology
Systematic Literature Reviews in Distributed Software Development: A Tertiary Study
ICGSE '12 Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE Seventh International Conference on Global Software Engineering
Risk assessment in IT outsourcing using fuzzy decision-making approach: An Indian perspective
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
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Context There is extensive interest in global software development (GSD) which has led to a large number of papers reporting on GSD. A number of systematic literature reviews (SLRs) have attempted to aggregate information from individual studies. Objective: We wish to investigate GSD SLR research with a focus on discovering what research has been conducted in the area and to determine if the SLRs furnish appropriate risk and risk mitigation advice to provide guidance to organizations involved with GSD. Method: We performed a broad automated search to identify GSD SLRs. Data extracted from each study included: (1) authors, their affiliation and publishing venue, (2) SLR quality, (3) research focus, (4) GSD risks, (5) risk mitigation strategies and, (6) for each SLR the number of primary studies reporting each risk and risk mitigation strategy. Results: We found a total of 37 papers reporting 24 unique GSD SLR studies. Major GSD topics covered include: (1) organizational environment, (2) project execution, (3) project planning and control and (4) project scope and requirements. We extracted 85 risks and 77 risk mitigation advice items and categorized them under four major headings: outsourcing rationale, software development, human resources, and project management. The largest group of risks was related to project management. GSD outsourcing rationale risks ranked highest in terms of primary study support but in many cases these risks were only identified by a single SLR. Conclusions: The focus of the GSD SLRs we identified is mapping the research rather than providing evidence-based guidance to industry. Empirical support for the majority of risks identified is moderate to low, both in terms of the number of SLRs identifying the risk, and in the number of primary studies providing empirical support. Risk mitigation advice is also limited, and empirical support for these items is low.