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Title | ||
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Investigating Decision Making Processes in Distributed Development Teams: Findings of a Comparative Empirical Study |
Abstract | ||
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In this paper, we report the findings of an empirical investigation into decision making processes (DMPes) in distributed teams. We conducted the study in a Fortune 500 organization with a total of sixteen respondents who participated in an hour-long interview. Our analysis of the DMP reported by our respondents suggests that there is a strong organizational culture that supersedes local and individual culture. We also found that while decisions are predominately made in consultation with team members, the leader is usually the decision maker regardless of team distribution or size. The role the leader plays in the DMP implies that greater consideration should be given to assigning a team leader and also the DMP in place. It is also significant that we did not find any evidence of support mechanisms to the DMP leading us to conclude that this possibility needs to be explored by the organization. Our data also suggests that the DMP is chosen ad-hoc and is not explicitly articulated in this organization, which may benefit from documentation. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2009 | 10.1109/ICGSE.2009.13 | Limerick |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
development teams,hour-long interview,individual culture,strong organizational culture,empirical investigation,team leader,team member,greater consideration,team distribution,comparative empirical study,sixteen respondent,decision maker,interviews,lead,leadership,organ culture,decision making process,documentation,organization culture,testing,correlation,data mining,distributed computing,frequency,collaborative decision making,computer science,organizational culture,organizations,empirical study,software engineering,collaboration | Organizational culture,Distributed development,Knowledge management,Delegation (computing),Engineering,Documentation,Team working,Empirical research,Decision-making,Decision maker | Conference |
ISSN | ISBN | Citations |
2329-6305 | 978-0-7695-3710-8 | 2 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.39 | 8 | 2 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ban Al-Ani | 1 | 413 | 44.35 |
| David Redmiles | 2 | 1816 | 153.52 |