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Software Cost Attributes in Global Software Development Projects: A Survey

Authors:

Manal El Bajta,

Joaquín Nicolás Ros,

José Luis Fernández-Alemán,

Ambrosio TovalAuthors Info & Claims

ICIME 2017: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Management and Engineering

Pages 96 - 101

https://doi.org/10.1145/3149572.3149607

Published: 09 October 2017 Publication History

Abstract

Global software development is nowadays becoming a priority for software industry. The actual global software engineering research has mainly focused on challenges and methodologies. Research on the cost attributes and the software development was fundamental to emphasize on the application of these attributes in the overall software development. A major research to explicit how global companies practicing global software development are undertaken to address those cost attributes. In this paper, a descriptive survey is conducted to define the position of cost attributes in global software development. This survey is a data collection from an empirical strategy through an online questionnaire targeting 30 practitioners with practical software engineering experience. Moreover, results of 26 questions, chosen with major care, are analyzed and discussed. The results show that interest in cost attributes for global software development projects is a critical topic for distributed software development. The control and the evaluation of cost attributes allow companies principally to save cost and also to remain focused on development of projects.

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Index Terms

Software Cost Attributes in Global Software Development Projects: A Survey
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Collaboration in software development

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Durova MKhodunov EAnikeeva AMishin AZein ABorisova S(2022)Application of the dbscan Method to Solve the Problem of New Employees Adaptation2022 4th International Youth Conference on Radio Electronics, Electrical and Power Engineering (REEPE)10.1109/REEPE53907.2022.9731381(1-6)Online publication date: 17-Mar-2022
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