Setting up a stochastic model for teams working in a follow-the-sun environment

Proceedings - 2012 IEEE 7th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 179-

  Santos, Alan R ^a   Sales, Afonso ^a   Fernandes, Paulo ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Follow the Sun; Global Software Development; Performance Evaluation; Projects Simulation; Stochastic Modeling

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW-THE-SUN; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PROJECTS SIMULATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84870695340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2012.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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