Modeling a Global Software Development Project as a Complex Socio-Technical System to Facilitate Risk Management and Improve the Project Structure

Proceedings - 2015 IEEE 10th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Bider, Ilia ^a   Otto, Henning ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

distance; global software development; GSD; modeling; risk management; socio technical; system; team

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DISTANCE; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOTECHNICAL; SYSTEM; TEAM;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84957880540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2015.13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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