Reflecting the choice and usage of communication tools in global software development projects with media synchronicity theory

Journal of software: Evolution and Process

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 677-692

  Niinimäki, Tuomas ^a   Piri, Arttu ^a   Lassenius, Casper ^a   Paasivaara, Maria ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Communication tools; Global software engineering; Media choice

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION MEDIA; COMMUNICATION PROCESS; COMMUNICATION TOOLS; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; INSTANT MESSAGING; MEDIA CHOICE; MEDIA PROPERTIES; QUALITATIVE STUDY; REPROCESSABILITY; SYNCHRONICITY THEORY; TOOL USE;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84871312158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.566     Document Type: Article

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