Critical challenges for requirement implementation in context of global software development: A systematic literature review

Context: Success of any software depends on the successful implementation of all of its Requirements. There exist a lot of challenges in successful implementation of requirement engineering (RE) process especially when we talk about global software development (GSD). Objective: The objective is to find challenges and barriers in path of RE in context of GSD and analyze the factors which influence the RE in GSD. Method: We have used systematic literature review (SLR) approach for our study. SLR is based on a planned protocol and is more thorough and systematic than ordinary literature survey Result: We have identified critical challenges like ‘Lack of effective communication’, ‘Organizational change’, ‘Lack of coordination and collaboration’, ‘Lack of knowledge-sharing and awareness’. We have identified critical challenges like ‘Lack of effective communication’, ‘Organizational change’, ‘Lack of coordination and collaboration’ which are common in both periods from 2000 to 2006 and 2007 to 2014.