Information Sharing and Knowledge Management

Dear Colleagues,

Global software development (GSD) has been widely adopted by the software industry to gain economic benefits. Organizations which engage in GSD face various challenges, the majority being associated with information sharing among overseas development teams. Effective information sharing standards are required to  share and understand knowledge required for developing quality software in the context of GSD. Real-world organizations are looking for appropriate practices and tools to address information sharing challenges in GSD. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a platform for both practitioners and researcher to discuss the suitability of information sharing techniques, processes, and frameworks to fix information sharing problems in GSD and other software development environments, e.g., DevOps and Microservices. We welcome articles in which authors report research studies for the application of effective and sustainable information sharing and management methods for software development process improvements.

Dr. Muhammad Azeem Akbar
Guest Editor

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