Near-synchronicity and distance: Instant messaging as a medium for global software engineering

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 149-153

  Jaanu, Tuomas ^a   Paasivaara, Maria ^a   Lassenius, Casper ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION MEDIA; DISTRIBUTED PROJECTS; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SHARING; INSTANT MESSAGING; INSTANT MESSENGERS; SHARING INFORMATION; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SYNCHRONICITY THEORY;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MESSAGE PASSING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84870721610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2012.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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