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Global Software Development - A Research Proposal -. Haiyan Huang School of Information Sciences and Technology The Pennsylvania State University December 12, 2004. Research Backgrounds. Software and information systems development work is increasingly outsourced globally
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Global Software Development- A Research Proposal - Haiyan Huang School of Information Sciences and Technology The Pennsylvania State University December 12, 2004
Research Backgrounds • Software and information systems development work is increasingly outsourced globally • A variety of stakeholders seek global software development (GSD) as opportunities for taking advantage of the global market and resources • Global software development practices are facing a number of challenges associated with the risks and difficulties of cross-national collaboration, cross-cultural management, time, space and cultural barriers
Conceptualizing Global Software Development • Multiple levels of analysis – Global software development is situated with a complex socio-cultural context • Influence-impact – Global software development is dynamically changing • Situated perspective – Global software development is culturally diversified
Research Proposal • Research Goals • Gaining empirically in-depth understandings of: • how socio-cultural factors from different levels interrelate and influence the global software development practice in different global settings • how global software development practices affect the surrounding socio-cultural context at various levels • Integrating and developing theories to address GSD related issues across different levels • Research Methods • Longitudinal comparative case studies in multiple GSD Settings