Flexible global software development (GSD): Antecedents of success in requirements analysis ()

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-31

  Yadav, Vanita ^a   Adya, Monica ^b   Sridhar, Varadharajan ^a   Nath, Dhruv ^a  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile development; Globally distributed software development; Offshoring; Requirements analysis

Indexed keywords

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AGILE DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTS; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT; OFF-SHORING; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 70249148665     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2009010101     Document Type: Article

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