{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2741400170","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.2017100101","title":"Offshore Software Testing in the Automotive Industry","display_name":"Offshore Software Testing in the Automotive Industry","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-08-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2741400170","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.2017100101","mag":"2741400170"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.4018/ijitpm.2017100101","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.2017100101","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S94059882","display_name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","issn_l":"1938-0232","issn":["1938-0232","1938-0240"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320424","host_organization_name":"IGI Global","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320424"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IGI Global"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","raw_type":"journal-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/A5062958361","display_name":"Tabata P\u00e9rez Renter\u00eda y Hern\u00e1ndez","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I41121874","display_name":"Heilbronn University","ror":"https://ror.org/04g5gcg95","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I41121874"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tabata P\u00e9rez Renter\u00eda y Hern\u00e1ndez","raw_affiliation_strings":["Heilbronn University, Heilbronn, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Heilbronn University, Heilbronn, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I41121874"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5038881085","display_name":"Nicola Marsden","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1316-8147"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I41121874","display_name":"Heilbronn University","ror":"https://ror.org/04g5gcg95","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I41121874"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nicola Marsden","raw_affiliation_strings":["Heilbronn University, Heilbronn, Germany"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Heilbronn University, Heilbronn, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I41121874"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.5064,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.74510705,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":"4","first_page":"1","last_page":"16"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9955999851226807,"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":0.9955999851226807,"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/T13295","display_name":"Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy","score":0.9894000291824341,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2213","display_name":"Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11912","display_name":"Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management","score":0.9571999907493591,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/documentation","display_name":"Documentation","score":0.6725438833236694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/automotive-industry","display_name":"Automotive industry","score":0.6327299475669861},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.4990549087524414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.47798818349838257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perception","display_name":"Perception","score":0.41394510865211487},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.3936249315738678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.3839627206325531},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-management","display_name":"Process management","score":0.3734593391418457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.36891311407089233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.11272621154785156}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56666940","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q788790","display_name":"Documentation","level":2,"score":0.6725438833236694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C526921623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190117","display_name":"Automotive industry","level":2,"score":0.6327299475669861},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.4990549087524414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.47798818349838257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.41394510865211487},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.3936249315738678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.3839627206325531},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.3734593391418457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.36891311407089233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.11272621154785156},{"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/C146978453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3798668","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.4018/ijitpm.2017100101","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.2017100101","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S94059882","display_name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","issn_l":"1938-0232","issn":["1938-0232","1938-0240"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320424","host_organization_name":"IGI Global","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320424"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IGI Global"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Information Technology Project Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:igg:jitpm0:v:8:y:2017:i:4:p:1-16","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/IJITPM.2017100101","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.49000000953674316}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":45,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W38751226","https://openalex.org/W123469009","https://openalex.org/W177981677","https://openalex.org/W622505694","https://openalex.org/W1494787423","https://openalex.org/W1582770597","https://openalex.org/W1585452567","https://openalex.org/W1914972138","https://openalex.org/W1952454496","https://openalex.org/W1964415670","https://openalex.org/W1972181392","https://openalex.org/W1978253958","https://openalex.org/W1979290264","https://openalex.org/W1983403095","https://openalex.org/W1989396656","https://openalex.org/W1996803323","https://openalex.org/W2001141452","https://openalex.org/W2016309210","https://openalex.org/W2020764259","https://openalex.org/W2021287401","https://openalex.org/W2037736978","https://openalex.org/W2040456583","https://openalex.org/W2066829341","https://openalex.org/W2071919757","https://openalex.org/W2072601349","https://openalex.org/W2078076414","https://openalex.org/W2079257246","https://openalex.org/W2087625470","https://openalex.org/W2092849997","https://openalex.org/W2096805617","https://openalex.org/W2111289258","https://openalex.org/W2119070433","https://openalex.org/W2140531516","https://openalex.org/W2145707820","https://openalex.org/W2148276989","https://openalex.org/W2159291308","https://openalex.org/W2171395086","https://openalex.org/W2242570204","https://openalex.org/W2296173481","https://openalex.org/W2464080455","https://openalex.org/W2519404962","https://openalex.org/W2526084679","https://openalex.org/W2532546352","https://openalex.org/W2590474562","https://openalex.org/W3151628741"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2618286804","https://openalex.org/W2329643025","https://openalex.org/W2002770077","https://openalex.org/W3131163342","https://openalex.org/W2092256833","https://openalex.org/W2142369114","https://openalex.org/W2361728394","https://openalex.org/W2166271660","https://openalex.org/W3089582840","https://openalex.org/W2352631095"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"presents":[2],"a":[3,24,143],"mixed-method":[4],"study":[5],"performed":[6],"in":[7,16,38,41],"the":[8,31,72,85,97,112,117],"software":[9,39],"department":[10],"of":[11,49,82,87,116],"an":[12,19,42],"automotive":[13],"supplier":[14],"operating":[15],"India":[17],"as":[18],"offshore":[20],"service":[21],"provider":[22],"to":[23,141],"German":[25],"company.":[26],"The":[27],"research":[28],"focuses":[29],"on":[30,84],"social":[32],"dimension":[33],"and":[34,46,56,61,78,80,109,127],"human":[35],"aspects":[36],"involved":[37],"testing":[40,88],"intercultural":[43],"setting.":[44],"Qualitative":[45],"quantitative":[47],"analyses":[48],"testers'":[50],"perception":[51],"regarding":[52],"their":[53,133],"daily":[54],"activities":[55],"challenges":[57],"were":[58,69,74],"conducted.":[59],"External":[60],"internal":[62,94],"factors":[63],"posing":[64],"recurrent":[65],"problems":[66],"for":[67,111,146],"testers":[68,99,118],"identified.":[70],"Among":[71],"external":[73],"late":[75],"inputs":[76],"(documentation":[77],"software)":[79],"lack":[81],"recognition":[83],"contribution":[86],"by":[89,124],"other":[90,125],"teams.":[91],"A":[92],"key":[93],"factor":[95],"was":[96,139],"view":[98],"themselves":[100],"hold":[101],"about":[102],"testing:":[103],"boring":[104],"when":[105],"describing":[106],"manual":[107],"tests":[108],"interesting":[110],"automated":[113],"ones.":[114],"Some":[115],"feel":[119],"they":[120],"are":[121,128],"not":[122,129],"recognized":[123],"teams":[126],"entirely":[130],"satisfied":[131],"with":[132],"job.":[134],"Maintaining":[135],"motivation":[136],"over":[137],"time":[138],"found":[140],"be":[142],"fundamental":[144],"problem":[145],"testers.":[147]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2017-08-08T00:00:00"}