Methodological framework for the allocation of work packages in global software development

摘要

Global software development in software development industry is a new aspect forudmany software project managers. In this scenario, the allocation of work packagesudamong project participants is not a simple task. This allocation was traditionallyuddetermined by availability and competence but this new trend introducesudcomplexity in an already complex process. Given the need to define new models toudguide managers in these operations, this paper presents a framework to allocateudwork packages among project participants. Apart from the introduction of theudframework itself, the results of its implementation are presented. These resultsudshow a notable output of the implementation in terms of accuracy of task executionudto planning, effect introduction and overall satisfaction. Copyright © 2013 JohnudWiley & Sons, Ltd.