Ruano-Mayoral, MarcosFernández-González, Joaquín M.Colomo Palacios, RicardoGarcía Crespo, Ángel2012-06-012012-06-012011On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2011 Workshops: Confederated International Workshops and Posters: EI2N+NSF ICE, ICSP+INBAST, ISDE, ORM, OTMA, SWWS+MONET+SeDeS, and VADER 2011, Proceedings. Springer, 2011, pp, 200-207.978-3-642-25125-20302-9743https://hdl.handle.net/10016/14421Proceeding of: Proceeding of: OTM 2011 Workshops: Confederated International Workshops and Posters: EI2N+NSF ICE, ICSP+INBAST, ISDE, ORM, OTMA, SWWS+MONET+SeDeS, and VADER 2011, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, October 17-21, 2011Global software development is an inexorable trend in the software industry. The impact of the trend in conventional software development can be found in many of its aspects. One of them is task or work package allocation. Task allocation was traditionally driven by resource competency and availability but GSD introduces new complexities to this process including time-zones differences, costs and cultural differences. In this work a report on the construction of a framework for work-package allocation within GSD projects is presented. This framework lies on three main pillars: individual and organizational competency, organizational customization and sound assessment methods.text/plainapplication/pdfeng© Springer-Verlag Berlin HeidelbergGlobal Software DevelopmentTask allocationCompetencyCultural differencesconference paperInformática10.1007/978-3-642-25126-9_30open access