Global-software development lifecycle: An exploratory study

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 104-111

  Yeo, Alvin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Global software development; Hoftede's cultural dimensions; Internationalisation; Localisation; Usability evaluation

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; GLOBAL-SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONALISATION; LOCALISATION; USABILITY EVALUATION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035041821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/365024.365060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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