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Globally distributed software development project performance

Author(s) -

Narayan Ramasubbu,

Rajesh Krishna Balan

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

singapore management university institutional knowledge (ink) (singapore management university)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.1145/1287624.1287643

Subject(s) - software deployment , software development , computer science , software development process , software quality , software , productivity , personal software process , software engineering , capability maturity model , software construction , operating system , economics , macroeconomics

Software firms are increasingly distributing their software development effort across multiple locations. In this paper we present the results of a two year field study that investigated the effects of dispersion on the productivity and quality of distributed software development. We first develop a model of distributed software development. We then use the model, along with our empirically observed data, to understand the consequences of dispersion on software project performance. Our analysis reveals that, even in high process maturity environments, a) dispersion significantly reduces development productivity and has effects on conformance quality, and b) these negative effects of dispersion can be significantly mitigated through deployment of structured software engineering processes.

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