Global software development: Exploring socialization and face-to-face meetings in distributed strategic projects

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-49

  Oshri, Ilan ^a   Kotlarsky, Julia ^b   Willcocks, Leslie P ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face to face meetings; Globally distributed teams; Socialization; Strategic software development projects

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; USER INTERFACES;

FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS; GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; STRATEGIC SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34147192258     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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