Virtual teams and dynamic role allocation
Conference paper
Dafoulas, G. and Macaulay, L. 2000. Virtual teams and dynamic role allocation. Proceedings of the 10th Annual BIT Conference.
Type | Conference paper |
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Title | Virtual teams and dynamic role allocation |
Authors | Dafoulas, G. and Macaulay, L. |
Abstract | Traditionally, during the processes of forming a software development team of individuals responsible for a specific project and allocating the available roles between team members there are certain criteria to be used such as (a) the type of the project, (b) the required number of team members, (c) the disciplines related to the project, (d) the duration of the project, (e) the technical skills of candidate team members, (f) the workload of individuals, (g) their knowledge, and (h) experience. However, a continuously increasing number of factors lead to the transition from traditional co-located software development teams to virtual teams. Such teams are geographically dispersed, even residing in different time zones and usually have significant cultural differences between their members. Introducing virtual software teams brings numerous benefits to the software industry such as (a) gaining access to a global pool of specialised skills, (b) reducing the time-to-market with “follow-the-sun” development, and (c) reducing development costs through outsourcing to low-wage countries. Distance and time differences make virtual teams heavily dependent on technology for their collaboration, interaction and communication between teams and their members, and management of their projects. |
Research Group | Research Group on Development of Intelligent Environments |
Conference | Proceedings of the 10th Annual BIT Conference |
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2000 | |
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Deposited | 18 May 2015 |
Output status | Published |
Language | English |
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