Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Fig. 1.
Process overview of PRINCE2
Table 3.
Relations between GSD Patterns and PRINCE2 major processes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
DP
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
SU
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
IP
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
CS
x
x
x
x
x
x
MP
x
x
x
x
SB
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
PL
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
CP
x
x
From Table 3 we can see that GSD06 (
Communication Tools
), GSD07 (
Common
Repositories and Tools
), GSD12 (
Use Common Processes
), GSD16 (
Organize
Knowledge Transfer
), GSD17 (
Manage Competence)
and GSD18 (
Notice Cul-
tural Differences
) have a strong relationship with PRINCE2 processes. GSD06,
GSD07 and
GSD12 are key issues when implementing an efficient global software
environment. GSD16 is also important because often employees in other sites do not
possess domain knowledge at all, especially if they are starting the co-operation with
the main site. GSD17 is needed in order to know what the competence of each em-
ployee is, especially for the planning phase of a project. GSD18 is also a fundamental
practice to achieve efficient co-operation with employees from different countries.
4 Assessing a Pattern Language for GSD
In this section we describe how Q-PAM was applied in the evaluation of the GSD
Pattern Language and discuss the evaluation results.
