Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Language
eng
Format of Original
8 p.
Publication Date
2007
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Source Publication
Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1145/1235000.1235006
Abstract
The growing trend in offshore software development has imposed new skills requirements on collaborating global partners. In the U.S. this has translated into skill sets that include communications, project management, business analysis, and team management. In a virtual setting, these skills take on a complex proportion. This paper describes an educational initiative in offshore software development between undergraduate students enrolled in a project management course at Marquette University, USA and graduate business students enrolled in an Information Systems Analysis and Design course at Management Development Institute, India. The course replicated an offshore client/vendor relationship in a virtual setting. For faculty considering such initiatives, this paper describes the setting and factors critical to success of this initiative and cautions against others that can be detrimental to such an effort.
Recommended Citation
Adya, Monica; Nath, Dhruv; Sridhar, Varadharajan; and Malik, Amit, "Bringing Global Sourcing into The Classroom: Experiential Learning Via a Global Software Development Project" (2007). Management Faculty Research and Publications. 239.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/mgmt_fac/239
Comments
Accepted version. Published as part of the conference, Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research, 2007, 20-27. DOI. © 2007 ACM.
This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research, (2007) http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1235000.1235006