The role of software processes and communication in offshore software development

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Volume 45 , Issue 4 (April 2002) table of contents
Supporting community and building social capital

SPECIAL ISSUE: Virtual extension table of contents

Pages: 193 - 200

Year of Publication: 2002

ISSN:0001-0782

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Anandasivam Gopal	Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Tridas Mukhopadhyay	Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Mayuram S. Krishnan	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Offshore software development is a new trend in the information technology (IT) outsourcing field, fueled by the globalization of IT and the improvement of telecommunication facilities. Countries such as India, Ireland, and Israel have established a significant presence in this market. In this article, we discuss how software processes affect offshore development projects. We use data from projects in India, and focus on three measures of project performance: effort, elapsed time, and software rework.

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