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Leveraging Expertise in Global Software Teams: Going Outside Boundaries
Overview In order to take advantage of lower costs and wider availability of talent, managers often staff software development projects globally. While this practice may be economically appealing there are often hidden costs. This paper reports the results of a study that used social network analysis to study how people in three global software teams acquired and used available expertise through communication and acquisition strategies. The paper found that frequency of communication was associated with awareness and familiarity of the other person especially awareness of the person's current work. When it came to acquiring information, members of these teams were more likely to seek specific technical information or administrative help from people outside their software team.
| Publisher | IBM | File Format | |
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| Date Published | July 2006 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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