Social networks and coordination performance of distributed software development teams

Journal of High Technology Management Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-61

  Hossain, Liaquat ^a   Zhu, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ACCENTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Defect management; OSS (Open Source Software); Performance; Social networks; Software development

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION; DEFECT MANAGEMENT; OSS (OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE); PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT;

DEFECT DENSITY; DEFECT STRUCTURES; OPEN SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STATISTICAL TESTS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 67349209494     PISSN: 10478310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hitech.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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