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Article Citation - WoS: 19Software Development Outsourcing: Challenges and Opportunities in Nigeria(Taylor & Francis inc, 2014) Casado-Lumbreras, Cristina; Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Ogwueleka, Francisca N.; Misra, SanjayIn recent years, several emergent regions have become software development sourcing countries. This article investigates the possibilities of sub-Saharan Africa as a sourcing destination in the software field. To find out the reasons why sub-Saharan Africa countries, in general, and Nigeria, in particular, are not considered a destination for global software development projects, the authors interviewed a set of professionals from Europe and Africa. Results indicate that there are many disadvantages and difficulties impeding Nigeria from becoming a preferred sourcing destination, mainly the absence of a strong software industry and the concerns about legislative, fiscal, and commercial premises. On the other hand, it is observed that there are also relevant added values and competitive advantages in Nigeria (English-speaking country, same time zone, and cost); therefore, it can become a potential target for software development outsourcing in the medium and long terms.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 3Software Architecture in Distributed Software Development: a Review(Springer-verlag Berlin, 2013) Mishra, Alok; Mishra, DeeptiThis paper presents a literature review of distributed software development (DSD) or global software development (GSD) and software architecture. The main focus is to highlight the current researches, observations, as well as practice directions in these areas. The results have been limited to peer-reviewed conference papers and journal articles, and analysis reports that major studies have been performed in software architecture and global software development, while the empirical studies of interfacing distributed/global software development and software architecture has only received very little attention among researchers up to now. This indicates the need for future research in these areas.Conference Object Software Quality Management Improvement Through Mentoring: an Exploratory Study From Gsd Projects(Springer-verlag Berlin, 2011) Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Soto-Acosta, Pedro; Mishra, Alok; Garcia-Crespo, AngelSoftware Quality Management (SQM) is a set of processes and procedures designed to assure the quality of software artifacts along with their development process. In an environment in which software development is evolving to a globalization, SQM is seen as one of its challenges. Global Software Development is a way to develop software across nations, continents, cultures and time zones. The aim of this paper is to detect if mentoring, one of the lead personnel development tools, can improve SQM of projects developed under GSD. The results obtained in the study reveal that the influence of mentoring on SQM is just temperate.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 6Cultural Issues in Distributed Software Development: a Review(Springer-verlag Berlin, 2014) Mishra, Alok; Mishra, DeeptiCultural impact is significant in global or distributed software development. Due to cultural differences, co-ordination and collaboration problems have been reported in case studies and this also leads to low quality deliverables and high turnover in software industry. This paper presents a literature review of distributed software development (DSD) or global software development (GSD) and cultural issues. The main focus is to highlight the current research, observations, as well as practice directions in these areas. Many studies have been performed in culture and global software development, still impact of culture in distributed software development in different dimensions received less attention among researchers.Article Citation - WoS: 7Citation - Scopus: 8A Global Software Inspection Process for Distributed Software Development(Graz Univ Technolgoy, inst information Systems Computer Media-iicm, 2012) Mishra, Deepti; Mishra, Alok; Computer Engineering; Software EngineeringGlobally distributed software development is an established trend towards delivering high-quality software to global users at lower costs. The main expected benefits from distributed software development are improvements in development time efficiency, being close to the customers and having flexible access to greater and less costly resources. Organizations require to use their existing resources as effectively as possible, and also need to employ resources on a global scale from different sites within the organization and from partner organization throughout the world. However, distributed software development particularly face communication and coordination problems due to spatial, temporal and cultural separation between team members. Ensuring quality issues in such projects is a significant issue. This paper presents global software inspection process in the distributed software development environment towards quality assurance and management.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 1Creating Smarter Teaching and Training Environments: Innovative Set-Up for Collaborative Hybrid Learning(Ios Press, 2016) Dafoulas, Georgios A.; Maia, Cristiano; Loomes, Martin; Serce, Fatma C.; Swigger, Kathleen; Brazile, Robert; Milewski, AllenThis paper brings together previous work from a number of research projects and teaching initiatives in an effort to introduce good practice in setting up supportive environments for collaborative learning. The paper discusses prior use of social media in learning support, the role of dashboards for learning analytics in Global Software Development training, the use of optical head-mounted displays for feedback and the use of NodeXl visualization in managing distributed teams. The scope of the paper is to provide a structured approach in organizing the creation of smarter teaching and training environments and explore ways to coordinate learning scenarios with the use of various techniques. The paper also discusses challenges from integrating multiple innovative features in educational contexts. Finally the paper attempts to investigate the use of smart laboratories in establishing additional learning support and gather primary data from blended and hybrid learning pilot studies.Article Citation - WoS: 40Citation - Scopus: 49Analyzing Human Resource Management Practices Within the Gsd Context(Taylor & Francis inc, 2012) Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Casado-Lumbreras, Cristina; Soto-Acosta, Pedro; Misra, Sanjay; Garcia-Penalvo, Francisco JoseThe development of software across different countries (and time zones) differs substantially from software development in one single country or region. The management of processes and people, who work in globally distributed teams, requires a high level of coordination and collaboration which needs to be based on established human resource management practices. The People Capability Maturity Model (People-CMM) provides a complete framework that enables quality in human resource management to be improved. However, today, the adoption of the People-CMM within organizations using Global Software Development (GSD) is not an easy task. This paper uses an empirical study to analyze the implementation of the People-CMM within the GSD context. Results confirm that cultural and communication problems are the main challenges in the implementation of the People-CMM adoption within GSD scenarios.Article Citation - WoS: 22Risk Analysis of Global Software Development and Proposed Solutions(Korema, 2010) Yu, Liguo; Mishra, AlokGlobal software development is becoming a widely accepted practice in software industry While benefits of global software development have been identified and publicized, potential risks have not been fully investigated and addressed. This paper analyzes the impacts of globalization on software development, especially its long term impact on software product quality and software industry competitiveness. This issue is rather critical for prominent software providers Potential solutions are discussed to address these issues in order to reduce the risk and take advantage of the benefits of global software development.Article Citation - Scopus: 27Risk Analysis of Global Software Development and Proposed Solutions(KoREMA, 2010) Yu,L.; Mishra,A.Global software development is becoming a widely accepted practice in software industry. While benefits of global software development have been identified and publicized, potential risks have not been fully investigated and addressed. This paper analyzes the impacts of globalization on software development, especially its long term impact on software product quality and software industry competitiveness. This issue is rather critical for prominent software providers. Potential solutions are discussed to address these issues in order to reduce the risk and take advantage of the benefits of global software development.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 7A Software Inspection Process for Globally Distributed Teams(Springer-verlag Berlin, 2010) Mishra, Deepti; Mishra, AlokGlobally distributed software development is an accepted trend towards delivering high-quality software to global users at lower costs. Globally distributed software development teams particularly face communication and coordination problems due to spatial, temporal and cultural separation between team members. Ensuring quality issues in such projects is an important issue. This paper presents a software inspection process in the distributed software development towards quality assurance and management.
