Factors leading to integration failures in global feature-oriented development: An empirical analysis

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 161-170

  Cataldo, Marcelo ^a   Herbsleb, James D ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cross feature interaction; feature oriented development; global software development

Indexed keywords

CROSS-FEATURE INTERACTION; DEVELOPMENT APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; FEATURE-ORIENTED; GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PRODUCT FEATURE; SOFTWARE INTEGRATION; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES; TECHNICAL FACTORS; TWO-PRODUCT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; INTEGRATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79959859896     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1985793.1985816     Document Type: Conference Paper

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