Detecting coordination problems in collaborative software development environments

Information Systems Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-70

  Amrit, Chintan ^a   Van Hillegersberg, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Collaboration technology; Electronic collaboration; Information systems development; Information technology; Social networks; Software development

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; COLLABORATION PRACTICES; COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGY; COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; COORDINATION PROBLEMS; ELECTRONIC COLLABORATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS;

GROUPWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING; TOOLS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

EID: 38949111395     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10580530701777156     Document Type: Article

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