Design thinking and creativity of colocated versus globally distributed software developers

This chapter addresses the institutional dimension of scaling of information systems through the interplay of globally distributed software development with organizational processes. Through examining various phases of a long term project to implement information systems for the public health care sector in global South countries, I highlight changing sources of acceptance and legitimation. The analysis centers on the balance between local and global levels, from pilot sites, through an emerging broader organizational field, to increasingly involving national level institutional settings. In parallel to the established view of the scaling of ICT implementations as relating to complexity and risk in the form of unintended side-effects of the growth of a system, the chapter highlights the qualitative switch between regulatory contexts. Shifting relations to local institutions means that scalability requires actors to interact with quite different organizational cultures, accountabilities and communicative practices.

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Teaching Globally Distributed Software Development (DSD)

Computer Engineering ◽

10.4018/978-1-61350-456-7.ch607 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 1475-1491

Author(s):

Stuart Faulk ◽

Michal Young

Keyword(s):

Software Development ◽

Collaborative Teaching ◽

Team Approach ◽

Distributed Software Development ◽

Distributed Software ◽

Teaching Community ◽

Distributed Team ◽

Future Work ◽

Globally Distributed ◽

Firsthand Experience

This chapter describes an approach to building a collaborative teaching community that seeks to address these problems. It begins by identifying the skills students should acquire in a Distributed Software Development (DSD) course and discusses why firsthand experience with DSD problems is essential to learning them. The chapter identifies the attributes that make DSD project courses difficult to develop or teach, and then it describes a distributed team approach to developing a reusable infrastructure and a teaching community to address those difficulties. Future work focuses on building an international community of educators and industry participants interested in partnering to develop and teach DSD courses.

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Effective Communication among Globally Distributed Software Development Teams

Research Anthology on Recent Trends, Tools, and Implications of Computer Programming ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-3016-0.ch091 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 2014-2039

Author(s):

Muhammad Wasim Bhatti ◽

Ali Ahsan

Keyword(s):

Software Development ◽

Factor Model ◽

Effective Communication ◽

Distributed Software Development ◽

Distributed Software ◽

Development Methodology ◽

Development Teams ◽

Communication Challenges ◽

Software Development Teams ◽

Globally Distributed

Global software development, an emerging software development methodology within a technology-enabled environment has recently received increased attention from scholars and practitioners. Despite the fact that the lack of effective communication is a major challenge of globally distributed teams, communication research related to the scale development is still very limited in existing literature. Considering the communication challenges and increasing need to measure the effectiveness of communication, this research is focused to develop a scale for “Effective Communication” for globally distributed software development teams. Systematic literature review is performed to identify the best practices of effective communication for the development of “Effective Communication” scale. A questionnaire survey consisting of 29 items is administered in globally distributed software development teams. Confirmatory factor analysis and statistical results depicted that the four-factor model (e.g. stakeholders' involvement, acculturation, usage of appropriate tools and technology, and information availability) is more parsimonious and an optimal model fit.

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Cultural Diversity Challenges

Software Applications ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-060-8.ch146 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 2493-2509

Author(s):

Haiyan Huang ◽

Eileen M. Trauth

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Software Development ◽

Cultural Diversity ◽

Cultural Awareness ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Global Software Development ◽

Distributed Software ◽

The Future ◽

Globally Distributed ◽

Information Technology Workforce

This chapter discusses cultural diversity challenges in globally distributed software development and the implications for educating and managing the future global information technology workforce. It argues that the work practices of global software development are facing a variety of challenges associated with cultural diversity, which are manifested in and can be analyzed from three dimensions: the work environment of global software development, the globally distributed knowledge workers, and the global software development work. It further articulates how cultural diversity is manifested in these three dimensions. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of developing cultural awareness and cultural diversity understanding as important skills for the future information technology workforce.

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Communication, Knowledge and Co-ordination Management in Globally Distributed Software Development: Informed by a scientific Software Engineering Case Study

2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering ◽

10.1109/icgse.2009.58 ◽

2009 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Adel Taweel ◽

Brendan Delaney ◽

Theodoros N. Arvanitis ◽

Lei Zhao

Keyword(s):

Software Engineering ◽

Software Development ◽

Distributed Software Development ◽

Scientific Software ◽

Distributed Software ◽

Globally Distributed

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Effective Communication among Globally Distributed Software Development Teams

Journal of Global Information Management ◽

10.4018/jgim.2017070103 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 40-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Muhammad Wasim Bhatti ◽

Ali Ahsan

Keyword(s):

Software Development ◽

Factor Model ◽

Effective Communication ◽

Distributed Teams ◽

Distributed Software Development ◽

Distributed Software ◽

Development Teams ◽

Communication Challenges ◽

Software Development Teams ◽

Globally Distributed

Global software development, an emerging software development methodology within a technology-enabled environment has recently received increased attention from scholars and practitioners. Despite the fact that the lack of effective communication is a major challenge of globally distributed teams, communication research related to the scale development is still very limited in existing literature. Considering the communication challenges and increasing need to measure the effectiveness of communication, this research is focused to develop a scale for “Effective Communication” for globally distributed software development teams. Systematic literature review is performed to identify the best practices of effective communication for the development of “Effective Communication” scale. A questionnaire survey consisting of 29 items is administered in globally distributed software development teams. Confirmatory factor analysis and statistical results depicted that the four-factor model (e.g. stakeholders' involvement, acculturation, usage of appropriate tools and technology, and information availability) is more parsimonious and an optimal model fit.

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