Imparting the importance of culture to global software development

ACM Inroads

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 51-57

  Casey, Valentine ^a  

^a DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Culture; Distance; Distributed software development; Education; Global software development; GSD; Software project management; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; DISTANCE; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GSD; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; VIRTUAL TEAM;

OUTSOURCING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79955072135     PISSN: 21532184     EISSN: 21532192     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1835428.1835443     Document Type: Article

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