Abstract Background In Global Software Development (GSD) the lack of face-to-face
communication is a major challenge and effective computer-mediated practices are …

Free/Libre open source software (FLOSS, eg, Linux or Apache) is primarily developed by
distributed teams. Developers contribute from around the world and coordinate their activity …

The paper explores the adoption of information and communication technology-enabled
alliance modes of operation by small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the …

Human factors play a very important role in Software Development [1]. According to Avison
et al.[2]“Failure to include human factors may explain some of the dissatisfaction with …

Requirements engineering is one of the most communication-intensive activities in software
development, greatly affected by project stakeholder geographical distribution. Despite …

Ineffective software team composition has become recognized as a prominent aspect of
software project failures. Reports from results extracted from different theoretical personality …

Global virtual teams (GVTs)–composed of members in two or more countries who work
together primarily using information and communication technologies–are increasingly …

CONTEXT: Studies on global software development have documented severe coordination
and communication problems among coworkers due to geographic dispersion and …

This multi-method study distinguishes between four high performing and four low performing
fully distributed virtual design teams, through an analysis of their asynchronous …

In the mid 90s, a new style of software development, termed open source software (OSS)
has emerged and has originated large, mature, stable, and widely used software projects …