Start Date
14-12-2012 12:00 AM
Description
Globally Distributed Teams are being increasingly used by organizations to carry out knowledge intensive work and are often engaged in the development of modular products and services. While modularity is always treated as a given property of products and services, the findings of our qualitative research conducted in a GDT in charge of developing a new software product suggest that team members develop different perceptions of modularity, that, in turn, are related to different perceptions of interactions and team configuration. These different perceptions bring about difficulties in coordination and knowledge sharing.
Recommended Citation
Mattarelli, Elisa; Bertolotti, Fabiola; Prencipe, Andrea; and Gupta, Amar, "Perceived modularity: A case study of a globally distributed team" (2012). ICIS 2012 Proceedings. 1.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2012/proceedings/GlobalIssues/1
Perceived modularity: A case study of a globally distributed team
Globally Distributed Teams are being increasingly used by organizations to carry out knowledge intensive work and are often engaged in the development of modular products and services. While modularity is always treated as a given property of products and services, the findings of our qualitative research conducted in a GDT in charge of developing a new software product suggest that team members develop different perceptions of modularity, that, in turn, are related to different perceptions of interactions and team configuration. These different perceptions bring about difficulties in coordination and knowledge sharing.