Software Configuration Management in Global Software Development: A systematic map

Proceedings - Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 404-413

  Mohd Fauzi, Shukor Sanim ^a,b,c   Bannerman, Paul L ^b,c   Staples, Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

COnfiguration Management; Distributed Software Development; Global Software Development; Software Configuration Management; Systematic map

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC MAP;

COORDINATION REACTIONS; MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79951736960     PISSN: 15301362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APSEC.2010.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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