Start Date
10-12-2017 12:00 AM
Description
Global Software Engineering (GSE) has been a common practice in recent years. Many software producing organizations (SPOs) face challenges where cultural differences, imbalances in expertise, and technological diversities become the barriers in coordinating tasks when co-locating development packages to remote development facilities. Thus, a well-managed coordination mechanism is required to realize productive communication, better work synchronization, and an equal level of knowledge. This study aims to propose methodological support to assist managers and team leaders at SPOs to realize effective communication and an improved task synchronization in GSE projects. We have developed our preliminary artifacts with design science as our research framework supported by a comprehensive literature review, case studies, and a situational method engineering approach. The results concern preliminary artifacts covering task coordination approaches that are based on three points of view, which are: Communication, control, and knowledge sharing. An iterative validation process is designed to evaluate the artifacts.
Recommended Citation
Widiyatmoko, Carolus Borromeus; Overbeek, Sietse; and Brinkkemper, Sjaak, "Towards Methodological Support for Task Coordination in Global Product Software Engineering" (2017). ICIS 2017 Proceedings. 4.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2017/Global-IS/Presentations/4
Towards Methodological Support for Task Coordination in Global Product Software Engineering
Global Software Engineering (GSE) has been a common practice in recent years. Many software producing organizations (SPOs) face challenges where cultural differences, imbalances in expertise, and technological diversities become the barriers in coordinating tasks when co-locating development packages to remote development facilities. Thus, a well-managed coordination mechanism is required to realize productive communication, better work synchronization, and an equal level of knowledge. This study aims to propose methodological support to assist managers and team leaders at SPOs to realize effective communication and an improved task synchronization in GSE projects. We have developed our preliminary artifacts with design science as our research framework supported by a comprehensive literature review, case studies, and a situational method engineering approach. The results concern preliminary artifacts covering task coordination approaches that are based on three points of view, which are: Communication, control, and knowledge sharing. An iterative validation process is designed to evaluate the artifacts.