Global Software Engineering: Virtualization and Coordination

ISBN-13: 9780367184810 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 186 str.

Gamel O. Wiredu

Opis

Coordination is a fundamental problem in global software development (GSD). The practice of GSD suggests clearly, however, that technology, information, and organization interrelate to provide with cost, access, market, teamwork, and development advantages. This book attempts to reconcile the disparity between coordination practice and theory.

Spis treści

Introduction. Coordination Theory. Logic of Virtuality.  Materiality of Technology. Management of Information. Exploitation of Geography. Paradox of Organization. Virtuality of Coordination. Illustration of Coordination. Reflections. Appendix.

O autorze

Gamel O. Wiredu is Associate Professor of Information Systems at Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. He holds PhD and MSc degrees in Information Systems from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom. He also holds a BSc degree in Planning from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. His research interests are in the relationship between information technology and organizations, specifically in virtual teamwork, digital platforms, and ubiquitous computing. He is the author of Mobile Computer Usability: An Organizational Personality Perspective (Springer: Berlin). His other research has been published in international journals such as Information Systems Journal, European Journal of Information Systems, Information and Organization, Information Technology and People, African Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Global Information Management, Cognition Technology and Work, and Journal of Education and Work. He can be reached at gwiredu@gimpa.edu.gh