Reflecting the choice and usage of communication tools in GSD projects with media synchronicity theory

Proceedings - 5th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-12

  Niinimäki, Tuomas ^a   Piri, Arttu ^a   Lassenius, Casper ^a   Paasivaara, Maria ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

COMMUNICATION MEDIA; COMMUNICATION PRACTICES; COMMUNICATION TOOLS; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; INSTANT MESSAGING; MEDIA SYNCHRONICITIES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 78149342134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2010.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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