Improving global software development project performance using simulation

Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2458-2466

  Setamanit, Siri On ^a   Wakeland, Wayne ^a   Raffo, David ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST REDUCTION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROCESS PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUN; TECHNOLOGY;

CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES; CYCLE TIME (CT); DEVELOPMENT COSTS; DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; DEVELOPMENT TIME; GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (GSD); HYBRID SIMULATIONS; INTERNATIONAL (CO); PORTLAND; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS; PROJECT MANAGER (PM); PROJECT PLANNING; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; TIME-TO-MARKET (TTM);

PLANNING;

EID: 44649146209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2007.4349580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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