Practices and Supporting Structures for Mature Inquiry Culture in Distributed Software Development Projects

Author

Mikulovic, Vesna ; Heiss, Michael ; Herbsleb, James D.

Author_Institution

Program & Syst. Eng., Siemens AG Austria, Vienna

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

245

Lastpage

246

Abstract

As software specifications for complex systems are practically never entirely complete and consistent, the recipient of the specification needs domain knowledge in order to decide which parts of the system are specified clearly and which parts are specified ambiguously and thus need inquiry to get a more detailed specification. By analyzing the evidence gained in multiple-case study, the necessary components for achieving a mature inquiry culture in distributed software development derived from the practices at Siemens Program and System Engineering (PSE) are identified. These components are presented in three categories-pillars: project communication, requirements communication and inquiry practices

Keywords

formal specification; project management; software development management; systems analysis; Siemens Program and System Engineering; distributed software development project; domain knowledge; inquiry practice; mature inquiry culture; project communication; requirements communication; software specification; Best practices; Computer science; Context; Cultural differences; Global communication; Informatics; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge management; Programming; Systems engineering and theory;

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.2006.261242

Filename

4031769