Global Teamwork: Developing International ISDN Capabilities for the 5ESS® Switch

Abstract

Several geographically and culturally diverse partners within AT&T areworking as a team to develop new capabilities for the 5ESS® switch inthe international marketplace. Throughout this project, participants from organizations inAT&T Bell Laboratories in the United States and AT&T Network Systems International inThe Netherlands and the United Kingdom have worked together using a common development process. This paper describes the global teamwork involved in the development ofinternational Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) capabilities for the 5ESS switch.