Title: A comparative study of software development practices in Bangladesh, an emerging country

Authors: Partha Chakraborty; Khalid Hasan; Anindya Iqbal; Gias Uddin; Rifat Shahriyar

Addresses: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh ' Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh ' Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh ' York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ' Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh

Abstract: Software development is complicated with rapidly changing requirements, techniques, processes, and the involvement of diverse stakeholders. A study on the software development practice in a country can reveal the challenges and scopes of improvement for countries of similar types. There are several studies on the software industry in developed countries. No recent study has explored the software development practices and challenges in an emerging country like Bangladesh. We aim to understand the methods and practices adopted and the challenges the software companies face in an emerging country like Bangladesh. We also aim to understand whether and how Bangladesh's development practices and methods differ from other countries. We used insights from semi-structured interviews to design a survey where 137 software practitioners from diverse companies responded. Our findings can guide software practitioners to improve development practices in emerging countries and software providers with new tool support to assist in the process.

Keywords: software development practices and challenges; survey; emerging countries; Bangladesh.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSETA.2024.141347

International Journal of Software Engineering, Technology and Applications, 2024 Vol.2 No.2, pp.149 - 187

Received: 14 Nov 2022
Accepted: 07 Jan 2024
Published online: 09 Sep 2024 *

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