Research Article

A Multicriteria Approach to Support Task Allocation in Projects of Distributed Software Development

Table 7

Results of ORCLASS application separated by task types and preference groups.

Group I – The Preferable AlternativesGroup II - The Non-preferable Alternatives

Criteria ValuesFactorsCriteria ValuesFactors

RequirementsA1B1C1Factor2 - Knowledge in businessA2B2C2Factor8 – Team personal trust
Factor4 - Proximity to the customerFactor10 - Cultural similarities
Factor5 - Low turnover rateA3B3C1Factor12 - Low labour cost
Factor6 - Team availability
Factor7 - Team maturity
Factor11 - Team willingness
Factor13 - Maturity in the process
Factor14 - Language fluency
Factor15 - Good communic. infra.
A2B1C1Factor3 - Project manager maturity
A1B1C2Factor9 - Same time zone
A1B2C2Factor1 - Technical skills

Criteria ValuesFactorsCriteria ValuesFactors

ArchitectureA1B1C1Factor1 - Technical skillsA2B2C2Factor2 - Knowledge in business
Factor5 - Low turnover rateFactor3 - Project manager maturity
Factor7 – Team maturityFactor4 - Proximity to the customer
A1B1C2Factor6 - Team availabilityFactor8 - Team personal trust
Factor11 - Team willingnessFactor9 - Same time zone
Factor13 - Maturity in the processA2B2C3Factor10 - Cultural similarities
Factor14 - Language fluencyA3B3C1Factor12 - Low labour cost
Factor15 - Good communic. infra.

Criteria ValuesFactorsCriteria ValuesFactors

ImplementationA1B1C1Factor1 - Technical expertiseA2B2C2Factor3 - Project manager maturity
Factor5 - Low turnover rateFactor4 - Proximity to the customer
Factor7 - Team maturityFactor8 - Team personal trust
Factor6 - Team availabilityFactor9 - Same time zone
Factor11 - Team willingnessA2B3C3Factor10 - Cultural similarities
Factor13 - Maturity in the processA3B3C1Factor12 - Low labour cost
Factor15 - Good communic. infra.
A1B1C2Factor14 - Language fluency
A1B2C2Factor2 - Knowledge in business

Criteria ValuesFactorsCriteria ValuesFactors

TestsA1B1C1Factor5 - Low turnover rateA2B2C2Factor3 - Project manager maturity
Factor7 - Maturity of the teamFactor8 - Team personal trust
Factor15 - Good communic. infra.Factor9 - Same time zone
A1B1C2Factor6 - Team availabilityA2B2C3Factor10 - Cultural similarities
Factor11 - Team willingnessA3B3C1Factor12 - Low labour cost
Factor13 - Maturity in the process
Factor14 - Language fluency
A1B2C2Factor1 - Technical skills
Factor2 - Knowledge in business
Factor4 - Proximity to the customer