Title :
Practices and Supporting Structures for Mature Inquiry Culture in Distributed Software Development Projects
Author :
Mikulovic, Vesna ; Heiss, Michael ; Herbsleb, James D.
Author_Institution :
Program & Syst. Eng., Siemens AG Austria, Vienna
Abstract :
As software specifications for complex systems are practically never entirely complete and consistent, the recipient of the specification needs domain knowledge in order to decide which parts of the system are specified clearly and which parts are specified ambiguously and thus need inquiry to get a more detailed specification. By analyzing the evidence gained in multiple-case study, the necessary components for achieving a mature inquiry culture in distributed software development derived from the practices at Siemens Program and System Engineering (PSE) are identified. These components are presented in three categories-pillars: project communication, requirements communication and inquiry practices
Keywords :
formal specification; project management; software development management; systems analysis; Siemens Program and System Engineering; distributed software development project; domain knowledge; inquiry practice; mature inquiry culture; project communication; requirements communication; software specification; Best practices; Computer science; Context; Cultural differences; Global communication; Informatics; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge management; Programming; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Global Software Engineering, 2006. ICGSE '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florianopolis
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2663-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICGSE.2006.261242
