Solutions in Global Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review
| Document type: | Journal Articles |
|---|---|
| Article type: | Original article |
| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Author(s): | Stefan Schneider, Richard Torkar, Tony Gorschek |
| Title: | Solutions in Global Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review |
| Journal: | International Journal of Information Management |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pagination: | 119-132 |
| ISSN: | 0268-4012 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| URI/DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.06.002 |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Computing (Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation) School of Computing S-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.bth.se/com |
| Authors e-mail: | richard.torkar@gmail.com |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Global software engineering (GSE) has received increased attention, as globalization enables and encourages increased distribution of product development. Many empirical studies and systematic literature reviews (SLRs) focus on the identification of challenges, this paper however presents the first SLR collecting and analyzing solutions associated with GSE, while also evaluating the level of empirical validation of said solutions. As a starting point the paper presents a GSE model, designed to categorize solutions into process areas, useful for the analysis of the research community's contributions to state-of-the-art and identifying fundamental gaps in research. In addition, the model categorizing the solutions is populated with references and good-examples, useful for practitioners, which can use the model to find solutions to overall challenges in various process areas. The overall results of the systematic review revealed more than 330 papers containing 127 solutions that were then identified and mapped to the model. The process areas of project management are highly populated, while other areas like product integration have received surprisingly little attention. In addition, selected process area is elaborated upon in terms of contents and deficiencies. |
| Subject: | Software Engineering\General Computer Science\General |
| Keywords: | global software engineering, systematic review |
