CONTEXT: In this article we considered knowledge transfer (KT) in global software
development (GSD) from two perspectives, state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice, in order …

Offshore software outsourcing is a widely used business strategy for producing high‐quality
software at low cost. Trust plays a vital role in establishing the offshore software outsourcing …

Peer code review has been adopted as an effective quality improvement practice by many
Open Source Software (OSS) communities. In addition to increasing software quality, there …

Mit dem Begriff Software Engineering adressieren wir ein ingenieurmäßiges Vorgehen bei
der Entwicklung umfangreicher, leistungsstarker Softwaresysteme. Dies umfasst Aufgaben …

Over the last decade, many firms in the world have started adopting Global Software
Development (GSD) in order to reduce software development cost. GSD helps companies to …

This paper investigates the applicability of Use Case Point estimation model to global
software project development. Nowadays, there is growing trend among leading software …

CONTEXT: Coping with rapid requirements change is crucial for staying competitive in the
software business. Frequently changing customer needs and fierce competition are typical …

Trust among team members is imperative for blending agility with distributed software
development. Little is known about how team members who are dispersed across different …

Follow-the-sun (FTS) software development is a strategy used to reduce the length of
software projects that are developed across globally distributed locations. However, due to …

We offer a case study illustrating three rules for reporting research to industrial practitioners.
Firstly, report “relevant” results; eg this paper explores the effects of distributed development …