A framework for supporting management in distributed information systems development

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 381-392

  Ralyté, Jolita ^a   Lamielle, Xavier ^b   Arni Bloch, Nicoals ^a   Léonard, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Financial Software Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distributed IS development; Global software development; Risk management

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED IS DEVELOPMENT; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; DO-MAINS; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALISATION; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT RISKS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 57349178021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RCIS.2008.4632128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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