MERLIN COLLABORATION HANDBOOK - Challenges and Solutions in Global Collaborative Product Development

Päivi Parviainen, Juho Eskeli, Tanja Kynkäänniemi, Maarit Tihinen

2008

Abstract

Global, collaborative and distributed development is increasingly common in software development. However, the traditional product and software development technologies do not support this way of working well, e.g., time and cultural differences cause new requirements for these technologies. In this paper, we introduce a public web-based handbook, collecting the challenges encountered in global collaborative development by the companies, and also a large number of solutions that help in tackling these challenges. The handbook was implemented using an ontology editor and generating HTML pages. In the final phase of the development the handbook was validated by several external testers, with main feedback being that the handbook was found useful, but more practical solutions would be welcome. Handbook was also updated based on the feedback.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Parviainen P., Eskeli J., Kynkäänniemi T. and Tihinen M. (2008). MERLIN COLLABORATION HANDBOOK - Challenges and Solutions in Global Collaborative Product Development . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: Special Session on Global Software Development: Challenges and Advances, (ICSOFT 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-52-4, pages 339-346. DOI: 10.5220/0001874803390346

in Bibtex Style

@conference{special session on global software development: challenges and advances08,
author={Päivi Parviainen and Juho Eskeli and Tanja Kynkäänniemi and Maarit Tihinen},
title={MERLIN COLLABORATION HANDBOOK - Challenges and Solutions in Global Collaborative Product Development},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: Special Session on Global Software Development: Challenges and Advances, (ICSOFT 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={339-346},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001874803390346},
isbn={978-989-8111-52-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: Special Session on Global Software Development: Challenges and Advances, (ICSOFT 2008)
TI - MERLIN COLLABORATION HANDBOOK - Challenges and Solutions in Global Collaborative Product Development
SN - 978-989-8111-52-4
AU - Parviainen P.
AU - Eskeli J.
AU - Kynkäänniemi T.
AU - Tihinen M.
PY - 2008
SP - 339
EP - 346
DO - 10.5220/0001874803390346