Assessment of environmental factors affecting software development process using ISM & MICMAC analysis

Rana Majumdar (), P. K. Kapur and Sunil K. Khatri
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Rana Majumdar: Amity University
P. K. Kapur: Amity University
Sunil K. Khatri: Amity University

International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 2016, vol. 7, issue 4, No 6, 435-441

Abstract: Abstract Changing trends and globalization has given rise to various challenges to the software industry. Today the repute of any software engineering is related to its quality and timely delivery of product. The repute also depends on how the industry keeps in pace with the new expertise and changing market situation. The factors like transparency, recognition, work life balance etc. play an imperative part in preserving the reasonable edge. The ISM is a methodology for interactive learning process. In this method the factors that affect the system directly or indirectly are outlined into a complete structure model. The major advantage of the ISM model is its graphical representations of identified factors in a structured manner is indeed the subject in consideration. As a tool, it organizes the elements affecting the system’s credibility. It also highlights the hierarchical complexity among the factors of the system. The ultimate necessity is to analyze the performance of these factors for their operative application in the execution of software development process. The main objective of this paper is to identify the shared communication of these factors and identify the driving and dependent factors. In this work an ISM model has been prepared to recognize significant factors and their administrative consequences from software release time point of view.

Keywords: Interpretive structural modeling; Impact matrix cross-reference multiplication applied to a classification; Software development process; Structural self-interaction matrix (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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