Global software development and collaboration: Barriers and solutions

ACM Inroads

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 66-78

  Noll, John ^a   Beecham, Sarah ^a   Richardson, Ita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Global software development; Global software engineering; Inter cultural organizations; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; INTER-CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS; VIRTUAL TEAM;

MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79952959130     PISSN: 21532184     EISSN: 21532192     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1835428.1835445     Document Type: Article

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