Managing Software Development in Globally Distributed Teams.

This article presents information and advice on managing software development in globally distributed work teams. Discussed are the benefits of iterative software development techniques and the range of iterative software engineering practices, and creating an iterative contract with the customer. A...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 15 - 18
Autor principal:	Cusumano, Michael A.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Feb2008
Materias:	Computer software development > Management Teams in the workplace International cooperation in information technology International business enterprises Software engineering Engineering software
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Sumario:	This article presents information and advice on managing software development in globally distributed work teams. Discussed are the benefits of iterative software development techniques and the range of iterative software engineering practices, and creating an iterative contract with the customer. Article topics include the ongoing communication with the international teams, implementing time limits on modifications, and how to avoid misunderstanding between the requirements engineers, the programmers, and the testers.