Handoffs management in follow-the-sun software projects: A case study

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 331-339

  Kroll, Josiane ^a   Richardson, Ita ^b   Audy, Jorge L N ^a   Fernandez, Jude ^c  

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

^b University of Limerick   (Ireland)

^c INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LTD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEROPERABILITY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES; EXPERIENCE REPORT; HANDOVER; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; PROJECT MANAGERS; SOFTWARE PROJECT;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

EID: 84902285488     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2014.49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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