Research Article

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

Table 8

Detailed results of ARANAÚ application for each type of tasks.

RankAlternativeRepresentation
QualityTimeCost

Requirements1Factor2 - Knowledge of businessA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor4 - Proximity to the customerA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor5 - Low turnover rateA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor6 - AvailabilityA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor7 - Maturity of the teamA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor11 - Willingness at siteA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor13 - Maturity in the processA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor14 - Language fluencyA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor15 - Good communication infrastructureA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
2Factor9 - Same time zoneA1. High gainB1. High gainC2. Some gain
3Factor3 - Maturity of the project managerA2. Some gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
4Factor1 - Technical skillsA1. High gainB2. Some gainC2. Some gain

RankAlternativeRepresentation
QualityTimeCost

Architecture1Factor1 - Technical skillsA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor5 - Low turnover rateA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor7 - Maturity of the teamA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
2Factor6 - AvailabilityA1. High gainB1. High gainC2. Some gain
2Factor11 - Willingness at siteA1. High gainB1. High gainC2. Some gain
2Factor13 - Maturity in the processA1. High gainB1. High gainC2. Some gain
2Factor14 - Language fluencyA1. High gainB1. High gainC2. Some gain
2Factor15 - Good communication infrastructureA1. High gainB1. High gainC2. Some gain

RankAlternativeRepresentation
QualityTimeCost

Implementation1Factor1 - Technical expertiseA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor5 - Low turnover rateA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor6 - AvailabilityA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor7 - Site maturityA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor11 - Willingness at siteA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor13 - Maturity in the processA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor15 - Good communication infrastructureA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
2Factor14 - Language fluencyA1. High gainB1. High gainC2. Some gain
3Factor2 - Expertise in businessA1. High gainB2. Some gainC2. Some gain

RankAlternativeRepresentation
QualityTimeCost

Tests1Factor5 - Low turnover rateA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor7 - Maturity of the teamA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
1Factor15 - Good communication infrastructureA1. High gainB1. High gainC1. High gain
2Factor6 - AvailabilityA1. High gainB1. High gainC2. Some gain
2Factor11 - Willingness at siteA1. High gainB1. High gainC2. Some gain
2Factor13 - Maturity in the processA1. High gainB1. High gainC2. Some gain
2Factor14 - Language fluencyA1. High gainB1. High gainC2. Some gain
3Factor1 - Technical skillsA1. High gainB2. Some gainC2. Some gain
3Factor2 - Knowledge of businessA1. High gainB2. Some gainC2. Some gain
3Factor4 - Proximity to the customerA1. High gainB2. Some gainC2. Some gain