Requirements change management (RCM) is an important and complicated phase in the agile for the software development process. The objective of this study was to identify and analyse the factors that can positively affect the agile RCM (ARCM) process in the context of global software development (GSD). To this end, a questionnaire survey was carried out with researcher and practitioner participants working in the field of GSD. From the 56 survey respondents, a total of 20 factors that can positively influence the ARCM activities in GSD were identified. The authors also performed a client–vendor-based analysis to investigate the significance of the considered factors for different organisation types. Additionally, they compared the data collected from researchers and practitioners. The comparison results ( r _s (20) = 0.076) revealed that there exists a positive correlation between the rankings in each data set. The investigated factors were mapped to ten project management book of knowledge areas, and the mapping results revealed that human resource management is the most significant knowledge area amongst the investigated factors. The findings of this study provide a robust framework to assist GSD firms in implementing ARCM activities.

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在全球软件开发中迈向成功的敏捷需求变更管理流程：客户-供应商分析

需求变更管理（RCM）是敏捷开发过程中重要且复杂的阶段。这项研究的目的是确定和分析在全球软件开发（GSD）的背景下可以对敏捷RCM（ARCM）流程产生积极影响的因素。为此，对GSD领域的研究人员和从业人员进行了问卷调查。从56名受访者中，总共确定了20个可对GSD中的ARCM活动产生积极影响的因素。作者还进行了基于客户-供应商的分析，以调查考虑因素对不同组织类型的重要性。此外，他们还比较了从研究人员和从业人员收集的数据。比较结果（ [R _s（20）= 0.076）表明每个数据集的排名之间存在正相关。将被调查因素映射到十个知识领域的项目管理书中，映射结果表明，人力资源管理是被调查因素中最重要的知识领域。这项研究的结果提供了一个强大的框架，可以协助GSD公司实施ARCM活动。