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Optimal Team Composition in Distributed Software Development

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Team composition has a big influence on project and organizational performance. With literature lacking a simple team composition method that can be used in an outsourcing situation, we propose a method to assist project managers by answering our research question: “How do you compose your optimal outsourcing team in a distributed software development environment?”

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  1. Roderick van Cann
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  1. Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands

    Sjaak Brinkkemper (Professor of Organization and Information) (Professor of Organization and Information)

  2. Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands

    Slinger Jansen (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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van Cann, R. (2012). Optimal Team Composition in Distributed Software Development. In: Brinkkemper, S., Jansen, S. (eds) Collaboration in Outsourcing. Technology, Work and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230362994_11

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