e-collaboration: the reality of virtuality

Rutkowski, A.F.; Vogel, Doug; Genuchten, Michiel van; Bemelmans, T.M.A.; Favier, Marc

doi:10.1109/tpc.2002.805147

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“…In this environment, geographical distance introduces physical separation between team members and management [6], temporal distance hinders and limits opportunities for direct contact and cooperation [1], and cultural distance negatively impacts on the level of understanding and appreciation of the activities and efforts of remote colleagues and teams [9,60]. The lack of a common native language (known as "linguistic distance") creates further barriers to communication [8,29,39].…”

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Global software development and collaboration

2010

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While organisations recognise the advantages offered by global software development, there are many socio-technical barriers that affect successful collaboration in this inter-cultural environment. In this paper we present a review of the global software development literature where we highlight collaboration problems experienced by a cross-section of organisations in twenty-six studies. We also look at the literature to answer how organisations are over-coming these barriers in practice. We build on our previous study on global software development where we define collaboration as four practices related to agreeing, allocating, and planning goals, objectives, and tasks among distributed teams.We found that the key barriers to collaboration are geographic, temporal, cultural, and linguistic distance; the primary solutions to overcoming these barriers include site visits, synchronous communication technology, and knowledge sharing infrastructure to capture implicit knowledge and make it explicit.

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“…In this environment, geographical distance introduces physical 53 separation between team members and management [2], temporal 54 distance hinders and limits opportunities for direct contact and 55 cooperation [3], and cultural distance negatively impacts on the 56 level of understanding and appreciation of the activities and efforts 57 of remote colleagues and teams [4,5]. The lack of a common native 58 language, or linguistic distance, creates further barriers to 59 communication [1,6,7].…”

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A Process Framework for Global Software Engineering Teams

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Information and Software Technology

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oped the GT process area. Finally, the literature and our empirical data were used to identify threats to 36 software projects if these processes are not implemented. 37Results: Our new GT process area brings together practices drawn from the GSE literature and our previ-38 ous empirical work, including many socio-technical factors important to global software development. 39The GT process area presented in this paper encompasses recommended practices that can be used inde- Conclusion: The GT process area and associated threats presented in this paper provides both a guide and 45 motivation for software managers to better understand how to manage technical talent across the globe.

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“…Quereshi and Keen (2005) claim that previous attempts to share knowledge both within and across organizations or entities have often failed. Rutkowski et al (2002) show the problems that can occur in virtual collaboration, and that you have to take many aspects into mind when designing virtual collaborative environments; aspects regarding technology as well as social aspects. Cultural aspects also play an important role.…”

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“…Trust is generally seen as a key factor for accomplishing successful collaboration, especially in a virtual setting (Child, 2001, Rutkowski et al, 2002. The SMEs in the small municipalities studied generally already are collaborating, and know each other from before.…”

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