Project managers in global software development teams: A study of the effects on productivity and performance

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-19

  Colomo Palacios, Ricardo ^a   Casado Lumbreras, Cristina ^a   Soto Acosta, Pedro ^a   García Peñalvo, Francisco José ^a   Tovar, Edmundo ^a  

^a Ricardo Colomo Palacios   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Global software development; Software project managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893947995     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11219-012-9191-x     Document Type: Article

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