Title: A novel approach to global software development for chartered enterprises

Authors: Qing Yao, Yuqing Sun, Haiyang Wang

Addresses: Department of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University, Shunhua Road, High-tech Development Zone, Jinan 250101, Shandong Province, China. ' Department of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University, Shunhua Road, High-tech Development Zone, Jinan 250101, Shandong Province, China. ' Department of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University, Shunhua Road, High-tech Development Zone, Jinan 250101, Shandong Province, China

Abstract: This paper introduces a novel approach to Global Software Development (GSD) that is suited for chartered virtual enterprises. We study the related key problems, such as construction of knowledge base, modelling of software tasks, distribution and integration of tasks, by presenting a prototype, the Intelligent Platform of Virtual Travel Agency (IPVita). A business process is partitioned into a set of loosely coupled software tasks in IPVita. Two algorithms are proposed, namely task-modelling and service-merging, to distribute and collect these tasks through web service techniques. After integration of these tasks, IPVita could provide a complete business process to customers. We present some applied instances of tasks and perform the experiments to testify our approach.

Keywords: software architecture; GSD; global software development; virtual enterprises; web service; business process management; modelling; virtual travel agency.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2011.039136

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 2011 Vol.40 No.3, pp.149 - 159

Published online: 18 Mar 2011 *

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