An empirical study on the use of standards and procedures in software development projects

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an empirical study on the use of standards and procedures in software development industry. Even though there are several studies which have been conducted for this purpose, there is none or very few which have been carried out in the South East Asia region. Hence, this survey study intends to fill up this gap. The survey was conducted based on data collected from questionnaire and interview sessions. It is a part of our continuous research on software engineering practices in the Malaysian software industry. As a result, this survey shows that Malaysian software companies are aware of the importance of using standards and procedures in the software development. Still, there are some gaps in the implementation of these standards and procedures in real-world projects. Decipher these findings will help these companies to improve the overall quality of their software products.