Knowledge work practices in global software development

Gabriela Avram

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Abstract

The current paper is an exploration of knowledge work practices in a distributed software development setting. The author has undertaken an empirical study in the Irish subsidiary of a multinational company over a 16-month period. Our methods were inspired by ethnography; by spending an extended period of time with a software development team working on a specific project, we had the opportunity to observe real work practices in a real work setting in the specific circumstances of distributed work. The purpose of the current study is to bring to the fore the close relationship between the technical and social factors in distributed work settings.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationECKM 2007 - 8th European Conference on Knowledge Management 2007
Pages87-95
Number of pages9
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event8th European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM 2007 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 6 Sep 20077 Sep 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM
ISSN (Print)2048-8963
ISSN (Electronic)2048-8971

Conference

Conference8th European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM 2007
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period6/09/077/09/07

Keywords

  • Collaboration
  • Distributed work environments
  • Global software development
  • Knowledge management
  • Knowledge work
  • Work practices

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