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    Using 3D virtual worlds to support geographically distributed software development team

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    Authors
    Chang, Vanessa
    Guetl, Christian
    Hadzic, M.
    Date
    2011
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Chang, Vanessa and Guetl, Christian and Hadzic, Mirza. 2011. Using 3D virtual worlds to support geographically distributed software development team, in Carlos Delgado Kloos, Jose Jesus Garcia Rueda, Maria Blanca Ibanez Espiga (ed), iED Summit, Nov 28 2011, pp. 16-27. Madrid, Spain: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
    Source Title
    European Immersive Education Summit
    Source Conference
    iED Summit
    Additional URLs
    http://www.it.uc3m.es/rueda/Final.pdf
    ISBN
    9788489315662
    School
    School of Information Systems
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21774
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Today’s software development projects are generally performed by development teams that are geographically distributed. This trend also introduces a number of complications when it comes to communication between stakeholders, coordination of work, and control of the project. This paper reports on a prototype of an environment in a 3D virtual world which supports distributed software teams working on tasks. In this environment, virtual team members share a common space, communicate through multiple communication channels and have better team awareness, which ultimately helps them to complete software projects. This paper elaborates on the complexities within distributed teams as well as the different technologies that were employed to connect geographically dispersed co-workers. The requirements of the software development processes are implemented in the virtual world prototype to enable distributed teams to perform their work efficiently. The prototype is based on Sun’s Project Wonderland. A study involving developers and users was conducted which shows that the environment in virtual worlds can support the software development and project management disciplines in distributed settings. Richer and numerous communication possibilities, different applications and the ability to work with colleagues in a shared space help distributed software teams to overcome the barriers of physical separation.

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