Selecting working teams for information technology outsourcing projects through a combination of methodologies

This paper deals with a problem that Information Technology outsourcing suppliers generally face when selecting a working team technically capable for specific roles in software development projects. A combination of methodologies, interactively integrated, is proposed. They are Soft System Methodol...

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spelling paper:paper_01017438_v37_n1_p67_Castellini2023-06-08T15:10:18Z Selecting working teams for information technology outsourcing projects through a combination of methodologies DRV processes Information technology Linear programming Outsourcing Repertory grid SSM TODIM This paper deals with a problem that Information Technology outsourcing suppliers generally face when selecting a working team technically capable for specific roles in software development projects. A combination of methodologies, interactively integrated, is proposed. They are Soft System Methodology to structure the problem, Repertory Grid for individual interviews and elicitation of the selection criteria, DRV Processes to assess the candidates and to generate knowledge and consensus on the selection process and Linear Programming to assign people to each position. This multimethodology allowed finding a more comprehensive solution than that initially requested by the company, since it helped to establish the necessary transformations for the selection model to operate in the right way, set the competencies to be considered as selection criteria, develop a consensus estimate of the weighted criteria, and award global values to candidates, optimizing the assignment of roles in the group for the project. © 2017 Brazilian Operations Research Society. 2017 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01017438_v37_n1_p67_Castellini http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01017438_v37_n1_p67_Castellini
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
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topic DRV processes
Information technology
Linear programming
Outsourcing
Repertory grid
SSM
TODIM
spellingShingle DRV processes
Information technology
Linear programming
Outsourcing
Repertory grid
SSM
TODIM
Selecting working teams for information technology outsourcing projects through a combination of methodologies
topic_facet DRV processes
Information technology
Linear programming
Outsourcing
Repertory grid
SSM
TODIM
description This paper deals with a problem that Information Technology outsourcing suppliers generally face when selecting a working team technically capable for specific roles in software development projects. A combination of methodologies, interactively integrated, is proposed. They are Soft System Methodology to structure the problem, Repertory Grid for individual interviews and elicitation of the selection criteria, DRV Processes to assess the candidates and to generate knowledge and consensus on the selection process and Linear Programming to assign people to each position. This multimethodology allowed finding a more comprehensive solution than that initially requested by the company, since it helped to establish the necessary transformations for the selection model to operate in the right way, set the competencies to be considered as selection criteria, develop a consensus estimate of the weighted criteria, and award global values to candidates, optimizing the assignment of roles in the group for the project. © 2017 Brazilian Operations Research Society.
title Selecting working teams for information technology outsourcing projects through a combination of methodologies
title_short Selecting working teams for information technology outsourcing projects through a combination of methodologies
title_full Selecting working teams for information technology outsourcing projects through a combination of methodologies
title_fullStr Selecting working teams for information technology outsourcing projects through a combination of methodologies
title_full_unstemmed Selecting working teams for information technology outsourcing projects through a combination of methodologies
title_sort selecting working teams for information technology outsourcing projects through a combination of methodologies
publishDate 2017
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01017438_v37_n1_p67_Castellini
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