Software Project Management for Distributed Teams: Overcoming the Pitfalls!

Global Software Engineering (GSE) is undertaken when software teams are distributed, normally internationally.  It continues to experience substantial growth and is fundamentally different to collocated development. As a result, software managers have a pressing need for support in how to successfully manage global project teams.

Under the guidance of Dr Ita Richardson, Lero researchers have studied GSE for over ten years.  Through undertaking in-depth case studies of GSE within industry and investigating published case studies, they have identified factors which are important to the success of GSE.  Subsequently, they have developed a Global Teaming model which addresses specific problems relating to temporal, cultural, geographic and linguistic distance.  These are designed to meet the complex and changing needs of global software management.

In this talk, Dr Richardson will discuss some of the problems experiences with implementing Global Software Engineering, and present the Global Teaming Model solution.   She will discuss recommended practices that can be used by software project managers, presenting the difficulties which can arise if these practices are not implemented.

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Dr. Ita Richardson

Dr. Ita Richardson is Senior Lecturer with the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at the University of Limerick.  She is a Principal Investigator within Lero – the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, leading the Process Quality Research group.  She is also the Competence Leader for Global Software Development and Software Process Improvement research.   Dr. Richardson has been researching into Global Software Engineering for over 10 years.  She has carried out investigatory and action research projects within a number of companies in Ireland.  This research has culminated in the development of the Global Teaming Model for use by software project managers. Dr Richardson has also studied software processes in different environments and domains including the medical device, health services, automotive and financial services.  She has over 150 publications in refereed journals and conferences.  Dr. Richardson supervises PhD and MSc students, some of whom are part-time and industry-based, and lectures to undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Limerick.