DECISION - MAKING IN VIRTUAL SOFTWARE TEAMS USING CLOUD PLATFORMS

Software development projects are usually realized by traditional or virtual IT teams using computing clouds. Team collaboration requires decision - making regarding essential aspects of a project progress. The article concerns methods of decision – making process in the case of traditional and virtual teams’ work. The research results conducted in a group of IT specialists are presented, and to analyze their preferences in decision-making methods, four possible cases were tested: hierarchical choice, team members' choice (consensus or voting) and external expert decision. The additional value of the research is the recognition of IT specialists' attitudes towards computing cloud usability in IT projects.

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