An empirical study of speed and communication in globally distributed software development

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 481-494

  Herbsleb, James D ^a   Mockus, Audris ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b AVAYA LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Collaboration; Delay; Global development; Informal communication; Speed

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SURVEYS; TECHNICAL WRITING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; INFORMAL COMMUNICATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0042850356     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2003.1205177     Document Type: Article

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