Ambidextrous coping strategies in globally distributed software development projects

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 35-40

  Lee, Gwanhoo ^a,b   DeLone, William ^a,b   Espinosa, J Alberto ^a,b  

^a Department of Information Technology ^*

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; HIGH-QUALITY SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGY READINESS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33749544956     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 00010782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1164394.1164417     Document Type: Review

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