Challenges of project management in global software development: A client-vendor analysis

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 80, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-19

  Niazi, Mahmood ^a,b   Mahmood, Sajjad ^a   Alshayeb, Mohammad ^a   Riaz, Mohammed Rehan ^a   Faisal, Kanaan ^a   Cerpa, Narciso ^c   Khan, Siffat Ullah ^d   Richardson, Ita ^e  

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

^b RIPHAH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Challenges and barriers; Empirical study; Global software development; Software project management; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84982131063     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2016.08.002     Document Type: Review

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