A rule-based model for customized risk identification and evaluation of task assignment alternatives in distributed software development projects

Journal of software: Evolution and Process

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 661-675

  Lamersdorf, Ansgar ^a   Münch, Jürgen ^b   Torre, Alicia Fernández Del Viso ^c   Sánchez, Carlos Rebate ^c   Heinz, Markus ^a   Rombach, Dieter ^a,d  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Indra Software Labs ^*  (Spain)

^d FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distributed software Development; Global software development; Project planning; Risk management

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTED DEVELOPMENT; DISTRIBUTED PROJECTS; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; LOGICAL RULES; NEW PROJECTS; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; PROJECT PLANNING; RISK IDENTIFICATION; RULE-BASED MODELS; TASK ASSIGNMENT;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84871321809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.576     Document Type: Article

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