DefinePK

Abstract

Context- Software multi sourcing is an important paradigm in global software engineering. It is a kind ofoutsourcing practiced by many organizations by giving their software development work to multiplevendors in developing countries to get high quality software development at low cost. However multisourcing is not a risk free business. Vendor organizations need to address a number of factors forsuccessful outcomes of the multi sourcing relationships. Multi sourcing risk management (MRM) is oneof the key areas to be addressed by vendor organizations for successful outcomes of multi-sourcingrelationships.Objectives- This research seeks to explore MRM in the context of multi sourcing relationships fromvendors’ perspective. The objective of this project is to identify the critical risks and best practices byreviewing the literature in a systematic way.Method- Systematic Literature Review (SLR) is used to identify the critical risks and best practices inMRM. SLR based on a structured protocol, and is therefore, different from ordinary literature review.Expected Outcome- We have developed a SLR protocol for the MRM, and currently we are in theprocess of implementing the protocol. The expected outcomes of this review will be the identification ofcritical risks and best practices to be addressed by vendor organizations for mitigation and avoidance ofrisks in the context of MRM relationship.