Global Software Teams Collaborating Across Borders and Time Zones [Paperback]

Erran Carmel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1999

published in 1999 Busines Reengineering software design. Learn the best ways to apply: Telecommunications infrastructure* Collaborative technologies* Development methodologies* Software framework* Team building techniques and more

Product Details

• Paperback: 269 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall (1999)
• ISBN-10: 0536754632
• ISBN-13: 978-0536754639
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,062,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

For almost two decades Erran Carmel has been studying the globalization of technology work, including global teams, offshoring of information technology, new kinds of global sourcing, and the emergence of software industries around the world. He has written two successful books. His 1999 book, "Global Software Teams," was the first on this topic and is considered a landmark in the field, helping many organizations take their first steps into distributed technology work. His second book, "Offshoring Information Technology," came out in 2005 and was popular in outsourcing courses around the world. His new book, I'm Working While They're Sleeping" came out in late 2011.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book you should not miss., April 15, 1999

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This review is from: Global Software Teams: Colloborating Across Borders and Time Zones (Paperback)

If you have anything to do with global software development, read this book. It will bring you food for thought and fun and you will profit a lot. The book is never too deep to be readable nor too shallow to be usable, and obviously based on a wealth of real-world experience. I much liked the absence of over-hyped rhetoric.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book was written to be read!, February 23, 2000

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This review is from: Global Software Teams: Colloborating Across Borders and Time Zones (Paperback)

This book is a gold mine! For those needing guidance in global software development practice, this book is a must read."Global Software Teams" supplies orginal prescriptions for dealing with cultural differences and collaborative teams not found anywhere. A work in progress, the advice on Global Information Systems Teams is well reasoned. Important telecommunications, development, methodologies, architecture and task alloiaction, and management techniques provide a useful survey of pertinent topics that will benefit any project, especially those engaged in global software development.Dr. Erran Carmel has written a book software managers can use.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thought Leadership on Global Implementations, January 3, 2002

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This review is from: Global Software Teams: Colloborating Across Borders and Time Zones (Paperback)

Global Software Teams provides an excellent resource for projects teams embarking on a global implementation project. The book provides insight into how to engage team members of different cultures and backgrounds as well as tools to use to support their continued active participation on the project. I have employed the key messages from the book on my global projects with excellent results.