An Empirical Investigation of Factors Causing Scope Creep in Agile Global Software Development Context: A Conceptual Model for Project Managers

• Main Authors: Farwah Aizaz, Saif Ur Rehman Khan, Junaid Ali Khan, Inayat-Ur-Rehman, Adnan Akhunzada
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) 2021
• Subjects: QA71-90 Instruments and machines
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33077/4/An%20Empirical%20Investigation%20of%20Factors%20Causing%20Scope%20Creep%20in%20Agile%20Global%20Software%20Development%20Context%20_FULL_TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33077/2/An%20Empirical%20Investigation%20of%20Factors%20Causing%20Scope%20Creep%20in%20Agile%20Global%20Software%20Development%20Context%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33077/; https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9499039; https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3100779
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Scope creep is considered as one of the crucial reasons for the failure of traditional software development projects. The ability to manage and control the change elements on a project, particularly the project scope, is a key to project success. The notion of agile process was introduced to tackle...