A study of the impact of global software development in packaged software release planning

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2646-2668

  Colomo Palacios, Ricardo ^a   Soto Acosta, Pedro ^b   García Peñalvo, Francisco J ^c   García Crespo, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delphi study; Focus group; Global software development; Product manager; Release planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873559398     PISSN: 0948695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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