Software Development Governance for VSE-SCRUM teams: Model and evaluation in a developing country

Using DSR approach, this research proposes the design and evaluation of a model type artifact for Software Development Governance in VSE Teams. Mainly, the model design is based on IT Governance best practices, COBIT 5, and SCRUM, with structural and dynamic components. The validation phase is done through the model application, in a case study, into an Ecuadorian Public Sector Organization. As a part of the research, the results of a survey show that, in a developing country, the IT and Software Development Governance practices are similar in public and private organizations, and in VSE and not-VSE teams. Besides, the model allowed to have the appropriate responses to the software requirements and facilitated the solution of the drawbacks presented in the project development. The work contributes providing a practical tool for the practitioners and academics and on the expansion of the existing body of knowledge in a topic where there is a research lack.