Global Software and It: A Guide to Distributed Development, Projects, and Outsourcing

Global Software and It: A Guide to Distributed Development, Projects, and Outsourcing

By Christof Ebert
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Based on the author's first-hand experience and expertise, this book offers a proven framework for global software engineering. Readers will learn best practices for managing a variety of software projects, coordinating the activities of several locations across the globe while accounting for cultural differences. Most importantly, readers will learn how to engineer a first-rate software product as efficiently as possible by fully leveraging global personnel and resources.

Global Software and IT takes a unique approach that works for projects of any size, examining such critical topics as:

  • Executing a seamless project across multiple locations
  • Mitigating the risks of off-shoring
  • Developing and implementing processes for global development
  • Establishing practical outsourcing guidelines
  • Fostering effective collaboration and communication across continents and culture

This book provides a balanced framework for planning global development, covering topics such as managing people in distributed sites and managing a project across locations. It delivers a comprehensive business model that is beneficial to anyone looking for the most cost-effective, efficient way to engineer good software products.


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Publish date December 01, 2011
Publisher Wiley-IEEE Computer Society PR
Format Paperback
Pages 368
ISBN 9780470636190
047063619X

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