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E-Mentoring in Global Software Development Teams: Success Factors to Develop a Common Culture

E-Mentoring in Global Software Development Teams: Success Factors to Develop a Common Culture

Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Alok Mishra, Cristina Casado-Lumbreras, Pedro Soto-Acosta
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781466621015|ISBN10: 146662101X|EISBN13: 9781466621022
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2101-5.ch010
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Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo, et al. "E-Mentoring in Global Software Development Teams: Success Factors to Develop a Common Culture." Multiculturalism in Technology-Based Education: Case Studies on ICT-Supported Approaches, edited by Francisco José García-Peñalvo, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 160-175. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2101-5.ch010

APA

Colomo-Palacios, R., Mishra, A., Casado-Lumbreras, C., & Soto-Acosta, P. (2013). E-Mentoring in Global Software Development Teams: Success Factors to Develop a Common Culture. In F. García-Peñalvo (Ed.), Multiculturalism in Technology-Based Education: Case Studies on ICT-Supported Approaches (pp. 160-175). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2101-5.ch010

Chicago

Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo, et al. "E-Mentoring in Global Software Development Teams: Success Factors to Develop a Common Culture." In Multiculturalism in Technology-Based Education: Case Studies on ICT-Supported Approaches, edited by Francisco José García-Peñalvo, 160-175. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2101-5.ch010

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Abstract

Global Software Development (GSD) teams face communication and coordination problems due to spatial, temporal, and cultural separation between team members. Cultural diversity and cross-cultural management are significant issues among GSD teams. In software development projects, mentoring dramatically reduces the learning curve for novice human resources. Due to the large amount of electronic communication instruments, a remarkable number of different e-Mentoring concepts have emerged, which provides opportunity for mentoring that would not otherwise be possible. This chapter presents key success factors to enable e-Mentoring as a tool to develop a common culture in GSD scenarios. These success factors enable the correct application of mentoring programmes and the use of this to build a common culture in organizations that perform GSD.

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