Software Development Standard and Software Engineering Practice: A Case Study of Bangladesh

TL;DR

This study examines the current software development practices in Bangladesh, highlighting gaps in standardization and quality control, and aims to establish a coherent process aligned with international standards.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of Bangladeshi software firms' practices and proposes a standardized process to improve quality and consistency.

Findings

Bangladeshi firms lack target setting for software process improvement.

Involvement in quality control activities is limited.

Standardized business practices are not widely adopted.

Abstract

Improving software process to achieve high quality in a software development organization is the key factor to success. Bangladeshi software firms have not experienced much in this particular area in comparison to other countries. The ISO 9001 and CMM standard has become a basic part of software development. The main objectives of our study are: 1) To understand the software development process uses by the software developer firms in Bangladesh 2) To identify the development practices based on established quality standard and 3) To establish a standardized and coherent process for the development of software for a specific project. It is revealed from this research that software industries of Bangladesh are lacking in target set for software process and improvement, involvement of quality control activities, and standardize business expertise practice. This paper investigates the Bangladeshi software industry in the light of the above challenges.