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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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 15 - 18
Main Author:	Cusumano, Michael A.
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Feb2008
Subjects:	Computer software development > Management Teams in the workplace International cooperation in information technology International business enterprises Software engineering Engineering software
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	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.