{"title":"A Framework for Supporting the Software Architecture Evaluation Process in Global Software Development","authors":"M. Babar","doi":"10.1109/ICGSE.2009.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGSE.2009.17","url":null,"abstract":"Software Architecture (SA) evaluation process requires a large number of stakeholders to be collocated for evaluation sessions. Given the increasing trend of using globally distributed software development teams, organizations are likely to be discouraged from introducing disciplined architectural evaluation practices that require stakeholders to be collocated. To address this issue, we propose that SA evaluation can be carried out using suitable groupware systems. In this paper, we present a framework for supporting the SA evaluation process using groupware systems. The framework highlights the changes required in the existing SA evaluation processes. We provide an illustrated example of modeling and mapping the activities of the proposed process on electronic workspaces provided by a groupware system. We have also identified some of the features a groupware system should have to successfully support the process.","PeriodicalId":137777,"journal":{"name":"2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128713609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dimensions of Collaboration in Global Software Engineering Teams: Explorations of 'Collaborative Technology Fit'","authors":"T. Clear","doi":"10.1109/ICGSE.2009.43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGSE.2009.43","url":null,"abstract":"Working in global software engineering teams (GSETs), presents a plethora of challenges. In addition to the global developers working directly within their teams, a number of further actors perform support roles through a set of ‘backstage’ activities which underpin the degree of “Collaborative Technology Fit” between the sites. While crucial to the success of GSETs, the work of these actors in establishing and maintaining alignment between the sites has been little researched. A novel “Theory of Collaborative Technology Fit (CTF)” incorporates these “technology-use mediation” activities in a multidimensional model and provides both a theorization and a diagnostic tool for potential use by a variety of Global Virtual Teams. Three field work studies that have utilized the model in various ways are reported in this presentation.","PeriodicalId":137777,"journal":{"name":"2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121396750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Serçe, F. Alpaslan, K. Swigger, R. Brazile, Georgios A. Dafoulas, Victor Lopez Cabrera, R. Schumacker
{"title":"Exploring Collaboration Patterns among Global Software Development Teams","authors":"F. Serçe, F. Alpaslan, K. Swigger, R. Brazile, Georgios A. Dafoulas, Victor Lopez Cabrera, R. Schumacker","doi":"10.1109/ICGSE.2009.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGSE.2009.14","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines communication behaviors in global software student teams. The authors of the paper characterize the types of communication behaviors that occur when student teams are engaged in a software development project. The authors present findings from a one-semester study that examined factors contributing to successful distributed programming interactions among students enrolled at the University of Atilim (Turkey), Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, University of North Texas, and Middlesex University (UK). Using content and cluster analyses techniques, we identified distinct patterns of collaboration and examined how these patterns were associated with task, culture, GPA, and performance of collaborative teams. Our results suggest that communication patterns among global software learners may be related to task type, culture and GPA. It is hoped that these findings will lead to the development of new strategies for improving communication among global software teams.","PeriodicalId":137777,"journal":{"name":"2009 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130807551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}