A framework for supporting management in distributed information systems development

Author

Ralyté, Jolita ; Lamielle, Xavier ; Arni-Bloch, N. ; Léonard, Michel

Author_Institution

Dept. ofInformation Syst., Univ. of Geneva, Geneva

fYear

2008

fDate

3-6 June 2008

Firstpage

381

Lastpage

392

Abstract

Increasing tendency towards globalisation and outsourcing of software and information systems (IS) development poses a number of challenges and difficulties that companies have to deal with. Quite a few studies have been conducted which have identified a set of problems as well as potential benefits of distributed systems development. In this paper we propose a framework characterising the domain of distributed information systems development (DISD) which aims to help project managers to analyse DISD project situation, identify potential problems and therefore evaluate project risks. Besides, the framework aims to indicate prospective solutions to each type of problem.

Keywords

globalisation; information systems; outsourcing; project management; risk management; software development management; distributed information systems development; globalisation; project manager; project risk evaluation; software outsourcing; Distributed information systems; Globalization; Information analysis; Information management; Management information systems; Outsourcing; Potential well; Project management; Risk management; Software systems; Distributed IS development; global software development; risk management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Research Challenges in Information Science, 2008. RCIS 2008. Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marrakech

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1677-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2273-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RCIS.2008.4632128

Filename

4632128