Success factors for the management of global virtual teams for software development

International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 48-59

  Guzmán, Javier García ^a   Ramos, Javier Saldaña ^a   Seco, Antonio Amescua ^a   Esteban, Ana Sanz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geographically distributed software development; Management of IT function; Software team management; Success factors; Team processes maturity; Virtual team efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877268743     PISSN: 19473478     EISSN: 19473486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jhcitp.2011040105     Document Type: Article

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