Managing global software projects through knowledge sharing - a study with reference to co-located and globally-distributed software teams

Abstract

The intent of this research study is to propose a knowledge sharing framework to manage software projects where employees are working in different work locations. To support the arguments based on review of literature, the paper presents a holistic framework of knowledge sharing objectives. Finally, the paper applies the framework to study the existence of knowledge sharing process in a software development company for the purpose of examining the effectiveness of knowledge sharing.