{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2086635000","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2660398.2660425","title":"Why Closely Coupled Work Matters in Global Software Development","display_name":"Why Closely Coupled Work Matters in Global Software Development","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-11-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2086635000","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2660398.2660425","mag":"2086635000"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/2660398.2660425","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2660398.2660425","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Supporting Group Work","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014233071","display_name":"Rasmus Eskild Jensen","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I83467386","display_name":"IT University of Copenhagen","ror":"https://ror.org/02309jg23","country_code":"DK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"]}],"countries":["DK"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Rasmus Eskild Jensen","raw_affiliation_strings":["IT-University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark","It university of copenhagen, copenhagen, denmark#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IT-University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"It university of copenhagen, copenhagen, denmark#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5014233071"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.5778,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":13,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.8829126,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"24","last_page":"34"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11675","display_name":"Open Source Software Innovations","score":0.9977999925613403,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work","display_name":"Work (physics)","score":0.7344741225242615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/danish","display_name":"Danish","score":0.6673354506492615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.6260194778442383},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.5172670483589172},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.48649972677230835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.4799071252346039},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-development","display_name":"Distributed development","score":0.4371640086174011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/project-management","display_name":"Project management","score":0.42200466990470886},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ethnography","display_name":"Ethnography","score":0.4114309251308441},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-management","display_name":"Process management","score":0.3686165511608124},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.24121206998825073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociology","display_name":"Sociology","score":0.2186684012413025},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.18193063139915466}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.7344741225242615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C164622146","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9035","display_name":"Danish","level":2,"score":0.6673354506492615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.6260194778442383},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.5172670483589172},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.48649972677230835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.4799071252346039},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781421246","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5283148","display_name":"Distributed development","level":4,"score":0.4371640086174011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15952604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179012","display_name":"Project management","level":2,"score":0.42200466990470886},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179454799","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132151","display_name":"Ethnography","level":2,"score":0.4114309251308441},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.3686165511608124},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.24121206998825073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.2186684012413025},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.18193063139915466},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19165224","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23404","display_name":"Anthropology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/2660398.2660425","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2660398.2660425","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Supporting Group Work","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/b4b995b7-a001-4899-9449-b2735c18a390","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pure.itu.dk/portal/da/publications/b4b995b7-a001-4899-9449-b2735c18a390","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196680","display_name":"IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I83467386","host_organization_name":"IT University of Copenhagen","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Jensen, R E 2014, Why Closely Coupled Work Matters in Global Software Development. i Proceedings of the 18th ACM international conference on Supporting Group Work : GROUP '14. Association for Computing Machinery, s. 24-34. https://doi.org/10.1145/2660398.2660425","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5,"display_name":"Partnerships for the goals","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/17"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5077624923","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"#10-092313","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334770","funder_display_name":"Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334770","display_name":"Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education","ror":"https://ror.org/03ge1nb22"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":44,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W121057878","https://openalex.org/W160329824","https://openalex.org/W1993621687","https://openalex.org/W1996205214","https://openalex.org/W2005219594","https://openalex.org/W2009234183","https://openalex.org/W2015440464","https://openalex.org/W2020293948","https://openalex.org/W2020569422","https://openalex.org/W2020575739","https://openalex.org/W2024701794","https://openalex.org/W2040151576","https://openalex.org/W2044921572","https://openalex.org/W2047096685","https://openalex.org/W2055221909","https://openalex.org/W2072626379","https://openalex.org/W2076091620","https://openalex.org/W2077901714","https://openalex.org/W2080766194","https://openalex.org/W2083530271","https://openalex.org/W2088338334","https://openalex.org/W2091301529","https://openalex.org/W2096249199","https://openalex.org/W2102796456","https://openalex.org/W2107103868","https://openalex.org/W2113254263","https://openalex.org/W2129069333","https://openalex.org/W2134336897","https://openalex.org/W2141951329","https://openalex.org/W2142101959","https://openalex.org/W2146691185","https://openalex.org/W2147917483","https://openalex.org/W2157557193","https://openalex.org/W2162522247","https://openalex.org/W2168517900","https://openalex.org/W2188206284","https://openalex.org/W2326602587","https://openalex.org/W2329395632","https://openalex.org/W2396614874","https://openalex.org/W2522461211","https://openalex.org/W2911311425","https://openalex.org/W3121673887","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W7055983760"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W1521443826","https://openalex.org/W2605183314","https://openalex.org/W1540871683","https://openalex.org/W937631346","https://openalex.org/W2504924745","https://openalex.org/W2041798199","https://openalex.org/W4211055703","https://openalex.org/W2189608013","https://openalex.org/W4253760535"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0,24],"report":[1],"on":[2],"an":[3,7],"ethnographic":[4],"study":[5],"of":[6,88,107,136,142,145,158],"offshore":[8],"global":[9,165],"software":[10,166],"development":[11],"project":[12,40,78,125],"between":[13,77,117],"Danish":[14,20],"and":[15,42,74,91,99,122,131],"Philippine":[16],"developers":[17,29],"in":[18,33,51,119,149,164],"a":[19,52,140],"company":[21],"called":[22],"GlobalSoft.":[23],"investigate":[25],"why":[26,159],"the":[27,39,49,69,86,96,105,120,124,143],"IT-":[28],"chose":[30],"to":[31,114],"engage":[32],"more":[34],"closely":[35,45,146,160],"coupled":[36,46,63,82,102,147,161],"work":[37,47,64,83,103,148,162],"as":[38],"progressed":[41],"argue":[43],"that":[44],"supported":[48],"collaboration":[50,70],"very":[53],"challenging":[54],"project.":[55],"Three":[56],"key":[57],"findings":[58,138,154],"are":[59],"presented:":[60],"1)":[61],"Closely":[62,81,101],"practices":[65,84],"established":[66,92],"connections":[67,108],"across":[68,95,109],"ensuring":[71],"knowledge":[72],"exchange":[73],"improving":[75],"coordination":[76],"members,":[79],"2)":[80],"diminished":[85],"formation":[87],"sub-groups":[89],"locally":[90],"new":[93],"faultlines":[94],"geographical":[97],"distance,":[98],"3)":[100],"enabled":[104],"creation":[106],"organizational":[110],"hierarchies":[111],"allowing":[112],"information":[113],"travel":[115],"seamlessly":[116],"layers":[118],"organization":[121],"consequently":[123],"members":[126],"could":[127],"better":[128],"anticipate":[129],"issues":[130],"act":[132],"accordingly.":[133],"The":[134],"implications":[135],"these":[137],"include":[139],"reconsideration":[141],"significance":[144],"distributed":[150],"settings.":[151],"Also":[152],"our":[153],"open":[155],"up":[156],"discussions":[157],"matters":[163],"development.":[167]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}