Frontmatter -- Advances in project risk management -- Contents -- Part I: Fundamentals -- 1 Managing risks and opportunities in cyber-physical systems with software architecture assessments -- 2 Managing software development risk: Risks of introducing the role of agile coach – a multivocal...

Proprietary software firms have recently begun to emulate the open source software community in opening up some of their software. We analyze this phenomenon in the context of resource allocation between fixing defects and the development of the next version of the software — an important...

In recent years, the success of open source software (OSS) has attracted proprietary software firms, who now actively participate, and sponsor OSS development. Though researchers agree that for the progress of OSS projects, financial support, rewards, and incentives are critical if not...

Socialization is one means through which globally distributed teams (GDTs) can improve collaboration. However, harnessing socializing processes to support globally distributed collaboration is not easy. In particular, infrequent and limited face-to-face (F2F) contact between remote counterparts...

The potential benefits of implementing Component- Based Development (CBD) methodologies in a globally distributed environment are many. Lessons from the aeronautics, automotive, electronics and computer hardware industries, in which Component-Based (CB) architectures have been successfully...