Quality in global software development projects: A closer look at the role of distribution

Proceedings - 2009 4th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 163-172

  Cataldo, Marcelo ^a   Nambiar, Sangeeth ^b  

^a ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^b Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISPERSIONS; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VIEW; PROJECT QUALITY; SOFTWARE QUALITY; TIME ZONES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 71049155462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2009.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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