Global software and IT : a guide to distributed development, rightshoring, and outsourcing /

• Main Author: Ebert, Christof
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2011]
• Subjects: Computer software > Development.; Project management.; Computer software industry.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Outsourcing.; Electronic books.

"Global software engineering, implying both internal and outsourced development, is a fast-growing scenario within industry; the growth rates in some sectors are more than 20% per year. However, half of all offshoring activities are cancelled within the first 2 years, at tremendous unanticipate...

Table of Contents:

• Strategy. Different Business Models
• The Bright Side: Benefits
• The Dark Side: Challenges
• Deciding the Business Model
• Preparing the Business Case
• Development. Requirements Engineering
• Estimation and Planning
• Development Processes
• Practice: Global Software Architecture Development / Daniel J Paulish
• Practice: Software Chunks and Distributed Development / Audris Mockus AvayaLabs, David M Weiss
• Configuration Management
• Open Source Development
• Quality Control
• Tools and IT Infrastructure
• Practice: Collaborative Development Environments / Fabio Calefato, Filippo Lanubile
• Management. Life-Cycle Management
• Supplier Selection and Evaluation
• Supplier Management
• Practice: IT Outsourcing--A Supplier Perspective / S M Balasubramaniyan
• Monitoring Cost, Progress, and Performance
• Risk Management
• Practice: Risk Assessment in Globally Distributed Projects / Adailton Lima, Alberto Avritzer
• Intellectual Property and Information Security
• Practice: Global Software Engineering in Avionics / Werner Burger, Diehl Aerospace
• Practice: Global Software Engineering in Automotive / Andree Zahir, Satish Seetharam
• People and Teams. Work Organization and Resource Allocation
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Soft Skills
• Training and Coaching
• Practice: People Factors in Globally Distributed Projects / Bikram Sengupta
• Practice: Requirements Engineering in Global Teams / Daniela Damian, Sabrina Marczak, Irwin Kwan
• Practice: Educating Global Software Engineering / Gopalaswamy Ramesh, Chandrashekar Ramanathan, Sowmyanarayanan Sadagopan
• Advancing your Own Business. Key Take-Away Tips
• Global Software and IT Rules of Thumb
• The World Remains Flat
• Appendices. Appendix A: Checklist/Template: Getting Started
• Appendix B: Checklist/Template: Self Assessment
• Appendix C: Checklist/Template: Risk Management.