Empirical investigation of the challenges of the existing tools used in global software development projects

IET Software

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 135-143

  Niazi, Mahmood ^a   Mahmood, Sajjad ^a   Alshayeb, Mohammad ^a   Hroub, Ayman ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SURVEYS;

EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GROUP DECISION MAKING; HIGH-QUALITY SOFTWARE; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW (SLR);

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84943236561     PISSN: 17518806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-sen.2014.0130     Document Type: Review

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