A framework to support requirements validation in global software development

Requirements validation ensures that the defined requirements conform to the description of the system and are consistent and complete. It is a complex activity that becomes more complicated for global software development (GSD). This study presents the issues associated with requirements validation in GSD and proposes a solution (RVGSD) to overcome these issues. We conducted a literature review and developed a prototype tool to implement RVGSD. The evaluation results show that RVGSD is easy to adopt in the industry and can potentially overcome various issues in the GSD context. Practitioners were satisfied with our framework in all aspects, including validation of requirements, fixing GSD issues, and overall performance.