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Project Quality of Off-Shore Virtual Teams Engaged in Software Requirements Analysis: An Exploratory Comparative Study

Project Quality of Off-Shore Virtual Teams Engaged in Software Requirements Analysis: An Exploratory Comparative Study

Dhruv Nath, Varadharajan Sridhar, Monica Adya, Amit Malik
Copyright: © 2008 |Volume: 16 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 22
ISSN: 1062-7375|EISSN: 1533-7995|ISSN: 1062-7375|EISBN13: 9781615201167|EISSN: 1533-7995|DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2008100102
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Nath, Dhruv, et al. "Project Quality of Off-Shore Virtual Teams Engaged in Software Requirements Analysis: An Exploratory Comparative Study." JGIM vol.16, no.4 2008: pp.24-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2008100102

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Nath, D., Sridhar, V., Adya, M., & Malik, A. (2008). Project Quality of Off-Shore Virtual Teams Engaged in Software Requirements Analysis: An Exploratory Comparative Study. Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM), 16(4), 24-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2008100102

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Nath, Dhruv, et al. "Project Quality of Off-Shore Virtual Teams Engaged in Software Requirements Analysis: An Exploratory Comparative Study," Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM) 16, no.4: 24-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2008100102

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Abstract

The off-shore software development companies in countries such as India use a global delivery model in which initial requirement analysis phase of software projects get executed at client locations to leverage frequent and deep interaction between user and developer teams. Subsequent phases such as design, coding and testing are completed at off-shore locations. Emerging trends indicate an increasing interest in off-shoring even requirements analysis phase using computer mediated communication. We conducted an exploratory research study involving students from Management Development Institute (MDI), India and Marquette University (MU), U.S.A. to determine quality of such off-shored requirements analysis projects. Our findings suggest that project quality of teams engaged in pure off-shore mode is comparable to that of teams engaged in collocated mode. However, the effect of controls such as user project monitoring on the quality of off-shored projects needs to be studied further.

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