The developers' physical dispersion in Distributed Software Development (DSD) imposes
challenges related to awareness support during collaboration in such scenario. In this …

The developers' physical distribution in Global Software Development (GSD) imposes
challenges related to awareness support during collaboration. In this paper, we present a …

Software projects are increasingly geographically distributed with limited face-to-face
interaction between participants. These projects face particular challenges that need careful …

Contemporary business process systems are built to automate routine procedures.
Automation demands well-understood domains, repetitive processes, clear organisational …

Design is central to every service or good produced, sold and consumed. Manufacturing and
service companies located in high cost locations increasingly find it difficult to compete with …

Controlling integration failure is one of the major challenges in global software development
(GSD) that remains hidden during the development phase and surfaces during the system …

Software development projects are inherently cooperative, requiring many developers to
coordinate their efforts to produce complex systems. An integral part of this process is the …

This paper introduces a framework for awareness support in groupware systems.
Awareness gathers the group knowledge, its activities and its overall status. Awareness …

This paper illustrates the importance of awareness and informal communication in work
environments and outlines the resulting implications for the design of future information and …

Software development is a global activity unconstrained by the bounds of time and space. A
major effect of this increasing scale and distribution is that the shared understanding that …