Dimensions of Consistency in GSD: Social Factors, Structures and Interactions

Outi Sievi-Korte; Fabian Fagerholm; Kari Systä; Tommi Mikkonen

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Dimensions of Consistency in GSD: Social Factors, Structures and Interactions

Outi Sievi-Korte^*, Fabian Fagerholm, Kari Systä, Tommi Mikkonen

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Global software development (GSD) implies a distributed development organization, where coordination is needed to efficiently achieve development objectives. So far, socio-technical congruence has examined coordination needs and activities through software code dependencies. However, GSD requires coordination beyond software artifacts. In this paper, we present an interview-based study of software practitioners from companies engaged in GSD. The study examines how different dimensions of interactions are interrelated, and how they affect software development. Our study suggests that, in addition to the relationship between organizational and technical system structure, GSD performance is affected by consistency in communication, operational procedures, and social structures. These can only partially be impacted through formal procedures, and we suggest that distributing coordination work by empowering developers could lead to increased performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Product-Focused Software Process Improvement - 21st International Conference, PROFES 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Maurizio Morisio, Marco Torchiano, Andreas Jedlitschka
Publisher	SPRINGER
Pages	315-330
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-64148-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-64147-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64148-1_20
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement - Turin, Italy Duration: 26 Nov 2020 → 27 Nov 2020 Conference number: 21 https://www.profes-conferences.org/

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Publisher	SPRINGER
Volume	12562
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

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Conference	International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
Abbreviated title	PROFES
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Turin
Period	26/11/2020 → 27/11/2020
Internet address	https://www.profes-conferences.org/

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Global software development
Human factors
Socio-technical system
Coordination
Communication

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Sievi-Korte, O., Fagerholm, F., Systä, K., & Mikkonen, T. (2020). Dimensions of Consistency in GSD: Social Factors, Structures and Interactions. In M. Morisio, M. Torchiano, & A. Jedlitschka (Eds.), Product-Focused Software Process Improvement - 21st International Conference, PROFES 2020, Proceedings (pp. 315-330). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12562). SPRINGER. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64148-1_20

Sievi-Korte, Outi ; Fagerholm, Fabian ; Systä, Kari et al. / Dimensions of Consistency in GSD: Social Factors, Structures and Interactions. Product-Focused Software Process Improvement - 21st International Conference, PROFES 2020, Proceedings. editor / Maurizio Morisio ; Marco Torchiano ; Andreas Jedlitschka. SPRINGER, 2020. pp. 315-330 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Sievi-Korte, O, Fagerholm, F, Systä, K & Mikkonen, T 2020, Dimensions of Consistency in GSD: Social Factors, Structures and Interactions. in M Morisio, M Torchiano & A Jedlitschka (eds), Product-Focused Software Process Improvement - 21st International Conference, PROFES 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12562, SPRINGER, pp. 315-330, International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Turin, Italy, 26/11/2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64148-1_20

Dimensions of Consistency in GSD: Social Factors, Structures and Interactions. / Sievi-Korte, Outi; Fagerholm, Fabian; Systä, Kari et al.

Product-Focused Software Process Improvement - 21st International Conference, PROFES 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Maurizio Morisio; Marco Torchiano; Andreas Jedlitschka. SPRINGER, 2020. p. 315-330 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12562).

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Sievi-Korte O, Fagerholm F, Systä K, Mikkonen T. Dimensions of Consistency in GSD: Social Factors, Structures and Interactions. In Morisio M, Torchiano M, Jedlitschka A, editors, Product-Focused Software Process Improvement - 21st International Conference, PROFES 2020, Proceedings. SPRINGER. 2020. p. 315-330. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-64148-1_20

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