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2009 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Measuring and Monitoring Task Couplings of Developers and Development Sites in Global Software Development
Authors : Yunwen Ye, Kumiyo Nakakoji, Yasuhiro Yamamoto
Published in: Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore and Outsourced Development
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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During the development of a large software system, the dependencies between the tasks of developers beget the needs of communication and coordination among developers. As an analytical instrument to manage and control the cost of communication and coordination in software development, this paper introduces the concept of
developer coupling
to measure the task dependencies between developers. In particular, to deal with the greatly increased cost of communication and coordination in offshore and outsourcing development due to barriers of stretched distances and cultural differences, this paper further introduces the concept of
site coupling
to measure the task dependencies between geographically distributed development sites. Methods of computing developer coupling and site coupling are illustrated with examples, and their potential usages for controlling and managing communication and coordination in global software development are described.