Requirement Change Management in Global Software Environment Using Cloud Computing

Saiqa Bibi, Yasir Hafeez, Muhammad Shabbir Hassan, Zartasha Gul, Huma Pervez, Irfan Ahmed, Saira Mazhar

PirMehar Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture, University Institute of Information Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

DOI: 10.4236/jsea.2014.78064                

Abstract

The successful implementation of any software project depends upon the requirements. Change in requirements at any stage during the life cycle of software development is taken as a healthy process. However, making out this change in a co-located environment is somewhat easier than the distributed environment where stakeholders are scattered at more than one location. This raises many challenges i.e. coordination, communication & control, managing change effectively and efficiently and managing central repository. Thus, cloud computing can be applied to minimize these challenges among the stakeholders. We have used a case study to evaluate the framework using cloud computing.

Keywords

Challenges of Requirement Change Management, Role of Cloud Computing in GSD, Benefits of Cloud Computing

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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