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Artículos en revistas:
Identifying Potential Risks and Benefits of Using Cloud in Distributed Software Development
Año:2013
Áreas de investigación
  • Ciencias de la computación y tecnología informática
Datos
Descripción
Cloud-based infrastructure has been increasingly adopted by the industry in distributed software development (DSD) environments. Its proponents claim that its several benefits include reduced cost, increased speed and greater productivity in software development. Empirical evaluations, however, are in the nascent stage of examining both the benefits and the risks of cloud-based infrastructure. The objective of this paper is to identify potential benefits and risks of using cloud in a DSD project conducted by teams based in Helsinki and Madrid. A cross-case qualitative analysis is performed based on focus groups conducted at the Helsinki and Madrid sites. Participants' observations are used to supplement the analysis. The results of the analysis indicated that the main benefits of using cloud are rapid development, continuous integration, cost savings, code sharing, and faster ramp-up. The key risks determined by the project are dependencies, unavailability of access to the cloud, code commitment and integration, technical debt, and additional support costs. The results revealed that if such environments are not planned and set up carefully, the benefits of using cloud in DSD projects might be overshadowed by the risks associated with it.
Internacional
Si
JCR del ISI
Si
Título de la revista
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. 14th International Conference, PROFES 2013
ISSN
0302-9743
Factor de impacto JCR
0,402
Información de impacto
Datos JCR del año 2005. The CORE Conference Ranking Exercise - CORE Portal CORE2013 CORE B
Volumen
LNCS 7983
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-39259-7_19
Número de revista
Desde la página
229
Hasta la página
239
Mes
SIN MES
Ranking
The CORE Conference Ranking Exercise - CORE Portal CORE2013 CORE B
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Participantes
  • Autor: Nilay Oza Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Autor: Jurgen Munch U. of Helsinki, Finland
  • Autor: Juan Garbajosa Sopeña UPM
  • Autor: Agustin Yague Panadero UPM
  • Autor: Eloy Gonzalez Orgeta Indra Software Labs, Spain
Grupos de investigación, Departamentos, Centros e Institutos de I+D+i relacionados
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Grupo de tecnología de software y sistemas
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Tecnologías del Software y Sistemas Multimedia para la Sostenibilidad (CITSEM)