"follow the Sun" workflow in global software development

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-38

  Carmel, Erran ^a   Espinosa, J Alberto ^a   Dubinsky, Yael ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM HAIFA RESEARCH LAB   (Israel)

Author keywords

24 hour development; calendar efficient software development; global coordination; round the clock development; software development; software handoff efficiency; time to market

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

24-HOUR DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS; GLOBAL COORDINATION; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH PROPOSITIONS; ROUND-THE-CLOCK DEVELOPMENT; TIME TO MARKET;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77955047593     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222270102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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