A systematic literature review of best practices and challenges in follow-the-sun software development

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 18-23

  Kroll, Josiane ^a,b   Hashmi, Sajid Ibrahim ^a,b   Richardson, Ita ^a,b   Audy, Jorge L N ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Best practice; Challenges.; Follow the sun (fts); Global software development

Indexed keywords

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

BEST PRACTICES; CHALLENGES; COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATIONS; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; FOLLOW-THE-SUN (FTS); GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW (SLR);

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84888266703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSEW.2013.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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