Factors and Effects of Communication in Distributed Software Development

Literature Review from the year 2014 in the subject Computer Science - Miscellaneous Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (Statistics and Informatics Department) course: Post-Phd language: English abstract: The literature and industrial practice reveal that the Distributed Software Development (DSD) is becoming a reality in most large organizations in search of improvements in quality productivity and cost reduction. However although several (primary and secondary) studies have produced results for the communication process in DSD design there is still a lack of a Systematic Tertiary Study to provide subsidies for further research and improvement on industrial practice. Our book aims at a conceptual approach concerning DSD design and consolidates knowledge about the communication process in DSD projects especially the factors that influence the communication the effects of communication in DSD projects and the relationship between factors and effects.