• DocumentCode
    112895
  • Title

    Cost Savings in Global Software Engineering: Where´s the Evidence?

  • Author

    Smite, Darja ; Calefato, Fabio ; Wohlin, Claes

  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    July-Aug. 2015
  • Firstpage
    26
  • Lastpage
    32
  • Abstract
    Researchers examined published studies of global software engineering to determine whether offshoring actually yielded cost savings. Not enough evidence existed to reach the verdict that offshoring reduced costs.
  • Keywords
    outsourcing; software cost estimation; cost reduction; cost saving; global software engineering; software offshoring; Economics; Employment; Globalization; Outsourcing; Software engineering; evidence profile; global software engineering; offshoring; outsourcing; software engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2015.102
  • Filename
    7140692
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=112895