Global software development

The last several decades have witnessed a steady, irreversible trend toward the globalization of business, and of software-intensive high-technology businesses in particular. Economic forces are relentlessly turning national markets into global markets and spawning new forms of competition and coope...

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Published in:IEEE software 2001-03, Vol.18 (2), p.16-20
Main Authors: Herbsleb, J.D., Moitra, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boundaries
Business
Collaboration
Communication channels
Computer programs
Cooperation
Critical path
Cultural aspects
Cultural differences
Culture
Documentation
Economics
Global communication
Global marketing
Globalization
Investments
Knowledge management
Markets
Multinational corporations
Product design
Programming
Software
Software development
Software industry
Software upgrading
Success
Surface resistance
Testing
Turning
Verbal communication
Virtual corporations
Virtual groups
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Summary:The last several decades have witnessed a steady, irreversible trend toward the globalization of business, and of software-intensive high-technology businesses in particular. Economic forces are relentlessly turning national markets into global markets and spawning new forms of competition and cooperation that reach across national boundaries. This change is having a profound impact not only on marketing and distribution but also on the way produces are conceived, designed, constructed, tested, and delivered to customers. The author considers how software development is increasingly a multisite, multicultural, globally distributed undertaking.
ISSN:0740-7459
1937-4194
DOI:10.1109/52.914732