Global software engineering: A software process approach

Collaborative Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 35-56

  Richardson, Ita ^a   Casey, Valentine ^b   Burton, John ^c   McCaffery, Fergal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Vitalograph Ireland Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Global software engineering; Software process; Specific goals; Sub practices; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149313788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10294-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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