Global software development (GSD) organisations are currently adopting agile frameworks in order to efficiently develop a software product. The main objective of this study is to identify the success factors (SFs), which could possibly have a positive impact on scaling agile practices in a GSD environment and develop their taxonomy based on their prioritisation using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. This study is conducted in four stages: problem identification and goal of the study (1), identification of SFs and their categorisations (2), validation of the SFs using questionnaire survey (3), and application of AHP to prioritise the SFs and develop the taxonomy of the SFs and their respective categories (4). The results of this study indicated that ‘technology’ is the most significant category as compared to the other categories of the SFs. Similarly, rich technological infrastructure is identified as a most important factor. Based on the findings of this study, authors can conclude that the contribution of this study is not only limited to development of the taxonomy of the SFs, but also their proper prioritisation by introducing AHP approach, which assists software organisations to scale agile methods effectively in the GSD environment.

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基于层次分析优先级和成功因素分类的全球软件开发中扩展敏捷方法的方法

全球软件开发（GSD）组织当前正在采用敏捷框架，以便有效地开发软件产品。这项研究的主要目的是确定成功因素（SF），这些因素可能会对GSD环境中的敏捷实践扩展产生积极影响，并根据其优先级，使用层次分析法（AHP）进行分类。这项研究分四个阶段进行：问题识别和研究目标（1），SF的识别及其分类（2），使用问卷调查对SF进行验证（3）以及应用AHP优先确定SF并进行开发SF及其各自类别的分类法（4）。这项研究的结果表明，与SF的其他类别相比，“技术”是最重要的类别。同样，丰富的技术基础设施被认为是最重要的因素。根据本研究的结果，作者可以得出结论，本研究的贡献不仅限于开发SF的分类法，而且还可以通过引入AHP方法来适当确定其优先级，这有助于软件组织有效地扩展敏捷方法。 GSD环境。