Papers from an August 2007 conference address a range of technical, social, and management topics in global software engineering. This year's proceedings also contain a short overview of each of the conference's tutorial and workshop sessions. Areas covered include quality and performance, communication, risk management, frameworks, good practice, offshoring, and requirements engineering. Some specific paper topics include a generic framework for establishing an offshore development center, a three-dimensional relevance model for collaborative software engineering spaces, coordination practices in distributed software development of small enterprises, and technology for supporting software engineers in globally distributed contexts. There is no subject index. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
