Architecture as a coordination tool in multi-site software development

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-247

  Ovaska, Päivi ^a   Rossi, Matti ^b   Marttiin, Pentti ^b,c  

^a South Carelia Polytechnic   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination of software development; Multi site software development; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COORDINATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL SOFTWARE TEAMS; MULTI-SITE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 14344262656     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.186     Document Type: Article

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