Identifying key success factors for globally distributed software development project using simulation: A case study

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5007 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 320-332

  Setamanit, Siri On ^a   Raffo, David ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Globally distributed software development; Process simulation; Success factors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CASE STUDIES; COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY; DEVELOPMENT TIME; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; HEIDELBERG (CO); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; KEY FACTORS; KEY SUCCESS FACTORS; MODULE-BASED; PERFORMANCE IMPACTS; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; PROJECT MANAGER (PM); SIMULATION MODELLING; SOFTWARE COMPANIES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESSING; SPRINGER (CO); SUCCESS FACTORS; TASK ALLOCATION; TEAM MEETINGS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 44649154992     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79588-9_28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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