Using the PMBOK® guide to frame GSD coordination strategies

Proceedings - IEEE 8th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 188-196

  Deshpande, Sadhana ^a   Beecham, Sarah ^a   Richardson, Ita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Communication; Coordination; Global software development; Project management; Vendor

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CLIENT PERSPECTIVES; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; COORDINATION; COORDINATION STRATEGY; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS; PROJECT MANAGERS; VENDOR;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84887435326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2013.32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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