Tool Support for Distributed Software Engineering

Author

Spanjers, Hans ; Huurne, Maarten Ter ; Bendas, Dan ; Graaf, Bas ; Lormans, Marco ; Van Solingen, Rini

Author_Institution

Philips Appl. Technol., Amsterdam

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

187

Lastpage

198

Abstract

Developing a software system in collaboration with other partners, and on different geographical locations is a big challenge for organizations. In this article we first discuss a system that automates build and test processes: SoftFab. This system has been successfully applied in practice in the context of multisite projects. Then, we discuss a case where it was applied to a more challenging type of collaboration: a multipartner development environment. Furthermore, we investigate the underlying concepts of SoftFab and use them to define a list of features for systems that support distributed software engineering

Keywords

groupware; software tools; SoftFab; build process automation; distributed software engineering tool support; multipartner development environment; software system development; test process automation; Automatic testing; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Cultural differences; Programming; Software engineering; Software systems; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Software Engineering, 2006. ICGSE '06. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Florianopolis

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2663-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICGSE.2006.261232

Filename

4031759