This paper examines the concept of culture, and the potential impact of intercultural
dynamics of software development. Many of the difficulties confronting today's global …

This position paper presents the efforts we have undertaken to study the impact of
intercultural factors on global software development projects. A bottom-up approach looks at …

Cultural diversity is assumed to be a fundamental issue in global software development.
Research carried out to date has raised concerns over how to manage cultural differences in …

In the last decade, we witnessed the dramatic transformation of software development
processes. The transformation from single-site, mostly English-based into a multi-site …

The International Workshop on Global Software Development was held in Portland (Oregon,
USA) on May 9 2003, as part of the International Conference on Software Engineering 2003 …

This paper is based on our experiences in trying to apply software engineering practices to
development projects staffed by developers from three distinct cultures; Japan, India, and …

The goal of this workshop is to provide an opportunity for researchers and industry
practitioners to explore both the state-of-the art and the state-of-thepractice in global …

1. Introduction traditionally software is developed within a company's information technology
(it) department or a few stages are outsourced to other developers within the same region. In …

The effect of cultural differences is often overlooked or neglected when analysing attractive,
cost-effective options for software development. This papers aims to highlight people issues …

Culture appears to have a greater influence on software-engineering practice than originally
envisioned. Many recent studies have reported that cultural factors greatly impact global …