Book chapter 2013

E-mentoring in global software development teams: Success factors to develop a common culture

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Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo
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Mishra, Alok
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Casado-Lumbreras, Cristina
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Soto-Acosta, Pedro
Software Design and Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Journal · Vol. 3-4 · pp. 1534-1549
Abstract

Global Software Development (GSD) teams face communication and coordination problems due to spatial, temporal, and cultural separation between team members. Cultural diversity and cross-cultural management are significant issues among GSD teams. In software development projects, mentoring dramatically reduces the learning curve for novice human resources. Due to the large amount of electronic communication instruments, a remarkable number of different e-Mentoring concepts have emerged, which provides opportunity for mentoring that would not otherwise be possible. This chapter presents key success factors to enable e-Mentoring as a tool to develop a common culture in GSD scenarios. These success factors enable the correct application of mentoring programmes and the use of this to build a common culture in organizations that perform GSD. © 2014, IGI Global.

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Human resource management Software design cultural diversity Success factors Key success factors Software development projects Coordination problems Cross-cultural management Electronic communications Global software development
Author Affiliations
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Getafe, Madrid, Spain
Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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