Toward an Agile Approach to Managing the Effect of Requirements on Software Architecture during Global Software Development

Table 1

Progressive grounded theory mapped to six C’s coding family.

Six C’s coding family	Theory of synchronized development of requirements and architecture during GSD
Condition	Requirements keep changing; therefore architecture changes during GSD.
Covariance	Agile approach changes with changes in causes of the theory of synchronized development of requirements and architecture.
Consequences	Mismatch requirements and architecture. As architecture does not match clients’ needs, this makes design unacceptable.
Context	Requirements and architecture change management during GSD.
Causes	Stakeholders change core requirements and it is not translated into architectural design during GSD.
Contingencies	Requirements handling, architecture handling, and effective collaboration.