Research Article

Analysis of Environmental Factors for Mobile Software Development Focused on Korean Companies

Table 20

Comparison of significant environment factors.

PhaseZhang et al. [21]Zhu et al. [20]Results from Korean companies
Significant EFs valueSignificant EFs valueSignificant EFs value

Generalf1 Program complexity0.0001f4 Amount of programming effort0.0001
f6 Percentage of reused code0.0907f6 Percentage of reused code0.013

Analysis and designf8 Frequency of program specification change0.0635f8 Frequency of program specification change0.006f14 Development management0.003
f10 Design methodology0.0063f12 Relationship of detailed design to requirement0.014
f13 Work standards0.0068

Codingf17 Development team size0.0192f15 Programmer skill0.032f18 Program workload (stress)0.015
f19 Domain knowledge0.0341f18 Program workload (stress)0.0001f20 Human nature0.023

Testingf21Testing environment0.0001f23 Testing resource allocation0.001f22 Testing effort<0.001
f24 Testing methodologies0.017
f25 Testing coverage0.002