Collaborative tools and processes to support software engineering shift work

Authors:
I. Gorton;I. Hawryszkiewycz;K. Ragoonaden
Affiliations:
BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, England IP 5 3RE;BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, England IP 5 3RE;BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, England IP 5 3RE
Venue:
BT Technology Journal
Year:
1997

Citing 15
Cited 0

The IPSE 2.5 project: a process model based architecture

Proceedings of the fourth conference on Software engineering environments: research and practice
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: History and Focus

Computer
CSCW Tools: Concepts and Architectures

Computer
Coordination in software development

Communications of the ACM
CASE tools as collaborative support technologies

Communications of the ACM
A paradigm for decentralized process modeling and its realization in the Oz environment

ICSE '94 Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Software engineering
Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design

Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design
Concurrent-Development Process Model

IEEE Software
Realities of Off-Shore Reengineering

IEEE Software
Case Studies for Method and Tool Evaluation

IEEE Software
Internationalizing Software with Concurrent Engineering

IEEE Software
Evolution of relational factors over time: a study of distributed and nondistributed meetings

HICSS '95 Proceedings of the 28th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Enabling Software Shift Work with Groupware: A Case Study

HICSS '96 Proceedings of the 29th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Volume 3: Collaboration Systems and Technology
Workflow support for change management and concurrency

SEEP '96 Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Software Engineering: Education and Practice (SE:EP '96)
Integrating groupware activities into workflow management systems

ICCSSE '96 Proceedings of the 7th Israeli Conference on Computer-Based Systems and Software Engineering

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

This paper describes the construction of and early experiences with a software engineering support environment for projects using globally distributed teams. The goals of the project are twofold. Firstly, it aims to construct a pragmatic solution to the problems experienced by widely geographically dispersed groups which collaborate on software development projects. Secondly, it aims to experiment with processes which facilitate software shift work through exploitation of time differences between collaborating groups. The construction of the support environment, known as GWSE (Global Working in Software Engineering) system, is presented, including its architecture and integration with existing workflow, document and project management tools. The use of the GWSE system in a trial development project is then described, including an initial quantitative analysis of the collaboration overheads experienced.