Experiences of instant messaging in global software development projects: A multiple case study

Proceedings - 2008 3rd IEEE International Conference Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 55-64

  Niinimäki, Tuomas ^a   Lassenius, Casper ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSAGE PASSING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

BARRIER LOWERS; CASE STUDIES; DRIVING FORCES; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS; INSTANT MESSAGING; MULTIPLE PEOPLES; SIDE CHANNELS; SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 56349113935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2008.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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