Scientific Programming

Research Article

A Critique on Task Allocation Processes in Distributed Agile Software Development

Table 1

Evaluation based on proposed task allocation process.
Development setupProposed methodologyHigh-level process activitiesLow-level process activities
DOTIDCCIDRRIFIDITRCFCDRDC/R
PFIFSFTFAFEFTmFTecFBDSDWDADTDDSD-D
SDEstimation model [79]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✓——✗—✗✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗
SDMathematical model for scheduling [85]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓——✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✓✗
SDScheduling approach [4]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓——✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✓✗
SDSystematic literature review [81]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓——✗—✗✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✓✓
SDFramework [82]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✓——✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗
SDAITA with negotiation tree [116]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✓——✗—✗✗✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗
SDMulti-objective optimization approach [78]✓✓✓✗✗✓✓✗✓——✗—✗✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗
SDApproach for mining task dependencies [95]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓——✗—✗✗✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✓✓
SDModel for job design [84]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✓——✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗
DSDModels and algorithms [24]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✓——✗—✗—✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✓
DSDVerbal decision analysis method [18]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✓————✗———✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✓
DSDPlanning tool [36]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓————✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✓✗
DSDDecision support model [13]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓————✗—✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✓✓
DSDTask assignment method [22]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓——✗—✗—✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✓✗
DSDTask allocation algorithm [23]✓✓✓✗✗✓✓✗✓——✗—✗—✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗
DSDFramework for allocation [20]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✓————✗—✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✓
DSDHybrid methodology [19]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✓————————✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✓
DSDMulticriteria model [16]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✗————✗———✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✓
ASDDecision support system [55]✓✓✗✓✓✗✓✓✓——✗—✓—✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✓✓
ASDMulti-agent simulation[58]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✓——✗—✓—✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✗✗
ASDAlgorithms [37]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓——✗—✓—✗—✗✗✗✗✗✗✓✗
ASDSoftware tool for agile management [57]✓✓✓✗✗✓✓✗✓——✗—✓———✗✗ ✗✗✗✗✗
DASDCase study [65]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓————✓———✗✗✓———✓✓
DASDTaxonomy [76]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✗✗✓✓✗✓✓✓✓✓
DASDDecision model [1]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✓✓————✓———✗✗✗✗✗—✓✓
DASDHybrid methodology [8]✓✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✓————————✗✗ ✗✗✗✗✓
DASDFramework for task allocation [6]✓✗✓✗✓✗✓✓✗✓✓✓✓✓✓✗✗✓✓ ✓✓✓✗✗