期刊名称：International Journal of Reviews in Computing
印刷版ISSN：2076-3328
电子版ISSN：2076-3336
出版年度：2011
卷号：8
页码：87-96
出版社：Little Lion Scientific Research and Developement
摘要：Communication is a major factor of success or failure for any software project. In offshore software development OSD, communication is more critical than collocated software development. Frequent communication is not always possible due to challenges like time zone differences, holiday customs etc where client and vendor working hours do not overlap. This communication problem affects the success of off shoring decision in terms of cost, schedule, time-to-market, client-vendor trust, and customer and business satisfaction. For successful software project off shoring, successful communication is necessary. This paper provides a preliminary exploration for communication mode/mediums and challenges involved in OSD. A classification is presented for offshore software development activities and the communication modes/mediums used to perform those activities. A hypothetical framework has also been proposed on the basis of this classification.
关键词：Offshore Software Development; Communication Challenges; Global Software Development; Client-Vendor Communication
