Modelling Determinants of Software Development Outsourcing for Nigeria

Software Development Outsourcing is one of the common practices in global business operations today; a practice that has to a large extent changed the landscape of IT services in Nigeria. This research predicts a fitted model using a number of success factors, for software development outsourcing in Nigeria. The researchers adopted six success factors (Cost Saving and Financial Stability, Effective Communication and Trust, Technical Expertise and Knowledge Transfer, Understanding Software Development Outsourcing Industry, Effective Software Privacy and Security, and Overcome Cultural Barrier) for use from a prior study carried out using factor analysis; and these six success factors were analysed using multiple regression to determine those that are critical for software development outsourcing. The result of the analysis indicates that both individually and collectively, the six success factors are all critical to software development outsourcing in Nigeria. A model was thus derived to predict successful software development outsourcing;