The impact of intercultural factors on global software development

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 920-926

  MacGregor, Eve ^a   Hsieh, Yvonne ^a   Kruchten, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Global software development; Project management

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CROSS CULTURAL ISSUES; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (GSD);

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751307946     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2005.1557127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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