Title :
Challenges of global software development
Author :
Mockus, Audris ; Herbsleb, James
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Naperville, IL, USA
Abstract :
Reviews the problems, solutions and open issues in global software development (GSD), in which the software development activities are distributed across multiple sites. First, we introduce the reasons why GSD is becoming more and more prevalent. Then we outline the issues created or amplified by GSD and illustrate various effects it has on a software project. Finally, we summarize the literature on existing approaches to reduce the negative effects of GSD and list key open research questions
Keywords :
reviews; software development management; distributed software development activities; global software development; multiple sites; open research questions; software projects; Costs; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Government; Marketing and sales; Natural languages; Outsourcing; Programming; Research and development; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Software Metrics Symposium, 2001. METRICS 2001. Proceedings. Seventh International
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1043-4
DOI :
10.1109/METRIC.2001.915526
