DevOps is a collection of practices used to automate theprocesses between the development and the operations teams. Thereexist various barriers between these two teams as they are traditionallyseparate. As a result, software organizations implement DevOpsto mitigate these challenges. At the same time, communication challengesarise while implementing DevOps as it is not a simple task. The aim of the research is to investigate the communicationchallenges faced by developers while implementing DevOps andderiving strategies to overcome these challenges. The overall researchgoal is to find out how communication takes place in a software organization/multinational company, the communication challenges faced during the implementation of DevOps and finally the strategies followedto overcome these challenges. An empirical study has been conducted using SystematicMapping method and Interview method for data collection. 18 outof 538 papers have been selected, to identify various factors affectingcommunication and perform systematic mapping. For the interviewprocess, six participants working at various companies in the roles relatedto DevOps have been selected and semi-structured interviewshave been conducted. The data analysis has been performed usingimmersion approach and data triangulation method. A total of 12 factors affecting communication in DevOpshave been identified from the Systematic mapping. Though no newchallenge has been reported by the participants, the factors identifiedfrom the literature have been confirmed from the responses of theinterview participants and the mitigation strategies to the challengesfaced by each of these participants have been listed out by them. These findings can be used by companies struggling toimplement DevOps, to curb various communication challenges beforethey arise as well as to mitigate already facing challenges by followingthe strategies implemented by other companies. It has to be notedthat this list is not complete as new challenges may arise dependingon the software development practices of the company.

Context. In this ever-changing world of software development, the process of organizations adopting distributed development is gaining prominence. Implementing various development processes in such distributed environment is giving rise to numerous issues which affects the quality of the product. These issues could be due to the involvement of architects across national borders during the process of development. In this research, the focus is to improve software quality by addressing the impact of maturity and scale between teams and its affect on code review process. Further to identify the issues behind the distribution between teams separated by geographical, temporal and cultural distances. Objectives. The main objective of this research is to identify how different factors such as maturity on quality of deliverables, scale and distribution that impacts the code review process affecting software quality. Based on code review comments in data set, the factors that were examined in this research are evolvability of defects and difference in the quality of software developed by mature and immature teams within code review process. Later on, the issues related to the impact of geographical, temporal and cultural distances on the type of defects revealed during distributed development are identified. Methods. To achieve these objectives, a case study was conducted at Ericsson. A mixed approach has been chosen that includes, archival data and semi-structured interviews to gather useful data for this research. Archival data is one of the data collection method used for reviewing comments in data set and gather quantitative results for the study. We employed approaches such as descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, and graphical representation to analyze data. Moreover, to strengthen these results, semi-structured group interview is conducted to triangulate the data and collect additional insights about code review process in large scale organizations. Results. By conducting this research, it is inferred that teams with a lower level of maturity produce more number of defects. It was observed that 35.11% functional, 59.03% maintainability, 0.11% compatibility, 0.028% security, 0.73% reliability, 4.96% performance efficiency, 0.014% portability of defects were found from archival data. Majority of defects were of functional and maintainability type, which impacts software quality in distributed environment. In addition to the above-mentioned results, other findings are related to evolvability of defects within immature teams which shows that there is no particular trend in increase or decrease in number of defects. Issues that occur due to distribution between teams are found out in this research. The overall results of this study are to suggest the impact of maturity and scale on software quality by making numerical assumptions and validating these finding with interviews. Interviews are also used to inquire information about the issues from dataset related to the impact of global software engineering (GSE) distances on code review process. Conclusions. At the end of this research it is concluded that in these type of projects, immature teams produce more number of defects than mature teams. This is because when large-scale projects are distributed globally, it is always harder to share and acquire knowledge between teams, increase group learning and mentor teams located in immature sites. Immature developers have problems of understanding the structure of code, new architects need to acquire knowledge on the scope and real time issues for improving quality of software. Using results presented in this thesis, researchers can find new gaps easily to extend the research on various influences on code review process in distributed environment.

<p>Communication, coordination and cooperation are critical for a successful organization. This master's thesis work presents a literature study of the factors that influence the interface between Research & development and manufacturing functions. Research & development and manufacturing functions rarely share information among each other and rarely combine their skills and knowledge to produce effective and efficient work within organization. This is due to lack of mutual understanding improper communication and coordination among members in the teams. In the late 1990's, competition, Information Technology proliferation, increasing customer demands for better products at shorter lead times emphasized increased need for effective product development. Each function has its specialization and is effective in their domain. Each department has roles and responsibilities to complete given tasks. But they neglect the organizational and management issues and lack the focus where they are a part of a bigger process (i.e. delivering value to customer and making the company successful at the end of the day). The main focus of the thesis is to give deeper knowledge on communication and coordination between Research and Development and manufacturing. This is achieved by review of the articles, analysis and finally synthesis of literature to develop constructs and analysis models. This will help to understand the factors and its interaction. The factors identified are individual responsibilities, artefacts and system or domain understanding, communication idea, control and role distribution, teams, accessibility and arena for personal meetings and finally overall leadership.</p><p>Each factor has its own and unique contribution to success with in the organization. These factors are interrelated and dependent on one another. Artefacts understanding deals with some actions and steps has to be taken in order to executive the give tasks, individual role plays an important role in what sense he\she will contribute to the team as well as to the organization. Even active responsibilities must understand the system or domain and quickly adjust to the environment and get practice on it. Teams are essential tool in any organization, working together creates creative problem solving,  improves effective of communication, improves development skills and ability of an individual, mutual understanding and cooperation among group members all will constitute to the teams. Finally teams are the critical building blocks of an organization. The model developed needs further testing through empirical evidence to increase its validity.</p>

Communication, coordination and cooperation are critical for a successful organization. This master's thesis work presents a literature study of the factors that influence the interface between Research &amp; development and manufacturing functions. Research &amp; development and manufacturing functions rarely share information among each other and rarely combine their skills and knowledge to produce effective and efficient work within organization. This is due to lack of mutual understanding improper communication and coordination among members in the teams. In the late 1990's, competition, Information Technology proliferation, increasing customer demands for better products at shorter lead times emphasized increased need for effective product development. Each function has its specialization and is effective in their domain. Each department has roles and responsibilities to complete given tasks. But they neglect the organizational and management issues and lack the focus where they are a part of a bigger process (i.e. delivering value to customer and making the company successful at the end of the day). The main focus of the thesis is to give deeper knowledge on communication and coordination between Research and Development and manufacturing. This is achieved by review of the articles, analysis and finally synthesis of literature to develop constructs and analysis models. This will help to understand the factors and its interaction. The factors identified are individual responsibilities, artefacts and system or domain understanding, communication idea, control and role distribution, teams, accessibility and arena for personal meetings and finally overall leadership. Each factor has its own and unique contribution to success with in the organization. These factors are interrelated and dependent on one another. Artefacts understanding deals with some actions and steps has to be taken in order to executive the give tasks, individual role plays an important role in what sense he\she will contribute to the team as well as to the organization. Even active responsibilities must understand the system or domain and quickly adjust to the environment and get practice on it. Teams are essential tool in any organization, working together creates creative problem solving,  improves effective of communication, improves development skills and ability of an individual, mutual understanding and cooperation among group members all will constitute to the teams. Finally teams are the critical building blocks of an organization. The model developed needs further testing through empirical evidence to increase its validity.

A evolução das ferramentas computacionais, aliada à tecnologia da informação (TI) e ao ambiente web possibilitam a realização de projetos colaborativos, com maior integração de procedimentos, visando à comunicação, à coordenação e à cooperação da equipe multidisciplinar. O estudo de caso, realizado para o projeto de produto edificação, foi desenvolvido com a aplicação de um questionário nos escritórios de projeto em Porto Alegre e apontou para uma situação diversa da efetiva utilização destas ferramentas. O desafio do trabalho está no fato de se estabelecer os requisitos das equipes de projeto, para o desenvolvimento de um sistema de gestão do conhecimento, com a utilização da estrutura de metadados para conceber um mecanismo de busca das informações. O desenvolvimento do processo de investigação apresentou a influência da TI no setor de projetos; a adoção de um modelo de referência para gerenciamento do processo de projeto integrado de edificações (GPPIE) e a possibilidade de integração eficaz com um SGBD. / The evolution of computational tools, along with information technology (IT) and the web environment allow for collaborative projects, with a greater integration of procedures for communication, coordination and cooperation of the multidisciplinary team. The case study was conducted for the building design product, was developed with a questionnaire in the design offices in Porto Alegre, and pointed to a situation different from the effective use of these tools. The challenge of the work is to establish the requirements of the design team, developing a management system of Knowledge, using the metadata structure designing a search engine information. The development of the research showed the influence of IT in the design, the adoption of a reference model for building integrated design process management (BIDPM) and the possibility of effective combination with a DBMS.

A evolução das ferramentas computacionais, aliada à tecnologia da informação (TI) e ao ambiente web possibilitam a realização de projetos colaborativos, com maior integração de procedimentos, visando à comunicação, à coordenação e à cooperação da equipe multidisciplinar. O estudo de caso, realizado para o projeto de produto edificação, foi desenvolvido com a aplicação de um questionário nos escritórios de projeto em Porto Alegre e apontou para uma situação diversa da efetiva utilização destas ferramentas. O desafio do trabalho está no fato de se estabelecer os requisitos das equipes de projeto, para o desenvolvimento de um sistema de gestão do conhecimento, com a utilização da estrutura de metadados para conceber um mecanismo de busca das informações. O desenvolvimento do processo de investigação apresentou a influência da TI no setor de projetos; a adoção de um modelo de referência para gerenciamento do processo de projeto integrado de edificações (GPPIE) e a possibilidade de integração eficaz com um SGBD. / The evolution of computational tools, along with information technology (IT) and the web environment allow for collaborative projects, with a greater integration of procedures for communication, coordination and cooperation of the multidisciplinary team. The case study was conducted for the building design product, was developed with a questionnaire in the design offices in Porto Alegre, and pointed to a situation different from the effective use of these tools. The challenge of the work is to establish the requirements of the design team, developing a management system of Knowledge, using the metadata structure designing a search engine information. The development of the research showed the influence of IT in the design, the adoption of a reference model for building integrated design process management (BIDPM) and the possibility of effective combination with a DBMS.

A evolução das ferramentas computacionais, aliada à tecnologia da informação (TI) e ao ambiente web possibilitam a realização de projetos colaborativos, com maior integração de procedimentos, visando à comunicação, à coordenação e à cooperação da equipe multidisciplinar. O estudo de caso, realizado para o projeto de produto edificação, foi desenvolvido com a aplicação de um questionário nos escritórios de projeto em Porto Alegre e apontou para uma situação diversa da efetiva utilização destas ferramentas. O desafio do trabalho está no fato de se estabelecer os requisitos das equipes de projeto, para o desenvolvimento de um sistema de gestão do conhecimento, com a utilização da estrutura de metadados para conceber um mecanismo de busca das informações. O desenvolvimento do processo de investigação apresentou a influência da TI no setor de projetos; a adoção de um modelo de referência para gerenciamento do processo de projeto integrado de edificações (GPPIE) e a possibilidade de integração eficaz com um SGBD. / The evolution of computational tools, along with information technology (IT) and the web environment allow for collaborative projects, with a greater integration of procedures for communication, coordination and cooperation of the multidisciplinary team. The case study was conducted for the building design product, was developed with a questionnaire in the design offices in Porto Alegre, and pointed to a situation different from the effective use of these tools. The challenge of the work is to establish the requirements of the design team, developing a management system of Knowledge, using the metadata structure designing a search engine information. The development of the research showed the influence of IT in the design, the adoption of a reference model for building integrated design process management (BIDPM) and the possibility of effective combination with a DBMS.

Master´s thesis focuses on analysis of changes connected to companies growth. Company growth typically results in creation of specific departments and tasks segmentation, which may lead to the occurrence of communication problems and the need of functional coordination. In accord with these changes new management roles appear and the company organization scheme becomes a matter of rearrangement.

Alors que la littérature scientifique décrète que l’innovation collaborative n’est pas une nouveauté, les définitions sont souvent contradictoires et sa mise en œuvre reste énigmatique. Par conséquent, cette thèse en sciences de gestion a souhaité apporter des clarifications et des premiers éléments de réponse à travers la problématique centrale suivante : " Comment appréhender les nouvelles formes d’organisation du travail au service de l’innovation collaborative dans le cadre des territoires inscrits dans une démarche de stratégie intelligente ? Le cas des espaces de coworking ". Plusieurs objectifs en ont découlé : 1. Analyser la dimension collaborative de l’organisation du travail afin de déceler son potentiel novateur ; 2. Identifier les processus de gestion qui favorisent l’innovation collaborative en utilisant le cas des espaces de coworking ; 3. Conjuguer ces processus au niveau d’un territoire afin de pouvoir proposer un modèle de gestion intégratif capable de démultiplier le potentiel d’innovation collaborative. La thèse s’est, donc, articulée autour de trois niveaux d’analyse : conceptuel, conjoncturel et territorial. La recherche empirique s’est concentrée sur plusieurs études de cas : 11 espaces de coworking en France et 6 espaces de coworking aux États-Unis. La triangulation des données à partir des entretiens semi-directifs, de l’analyse documentaire et de l’observation empirique a contribué à une meilleure qualité des résultats obtenus. L’analyse conceptuelle nous a permis de clarifier la notion de « nouveauté » associée aux nouvelles formes d’organisation de travail, ainsi que leur potentiel novateur, afin de pouvoir esquisser la grille d’analyse de l’innovation collaborative, le schéma conceptuel de la thèse. Le niveau conjoncturel de l’analyse propose, donc, un schéma conceptuel enrichi intégrant les éléments du terrain. Enfin, l’analyse territoriale a donné lieu à un modèle intégratif de gestion territoriale de l’innovation collaborative. Ces résultats visent, d’un côté, la prise de conscience de nouveaux enjeux associés au concept de travail collaboratif et son potentiel, notamment l’innovation collaborative ; et de l’autre, la prise de conscience de l’importance de l’espace et des trois types de communication - communication pour coordination, communication pour information, communication pour inspiration - dans la gestion de l’innovation collaborative afin d’envisager de nouvelles politiques (publiques) de gestion de l’innovation collaborative (territoriale). / While the scientific literature concludes that collaborative innovation is not a new concept, definitions are often contradictory and its implementation remains enigmatic. Therefore, this thesis in management aimed to address the issue by stating its main question as follows: "How do we capitalize on the new forms of work organization targeting collaborative innovation in regions supporting smart specialization strategies? The case of coworking spaces". As a consequence, the following research objectives have been formulated: 1. To analyze the collaborative dimension of the organization of work in order to detect its innovative potential; 2. To identify management processes that foster collaborative innovation using the case of coworking spaces; 3. To conjugate these processes at the level of a territory in order to propose an integrative management model capable of enhancing the potential of collaborative innovation. The thesis was articulated around three levels of analysis: conceptual, conjunctural and territorial. Empirical research has focused on several case studies: 11 coworking spaces in France and 6 coworking spaces in the United States. The triangulation of the data from semi - structured interviews, documentary analysis and empirical observation helped produce quality results. The conceptual analysis permitted to clarify the notion of "novelty" associated with the new forms of work organization, as well as their innovative potential; thus, this level of analysis aimed to outline the collaborative innovation analysis grid, the conceptual schema of the thesis. The conjunctural level of the analysis proposed an enriched conceptual diagram by integrating the elements of the fieldwork. Finally, the territorial analysis provided an integrative model of the territorial management of collaborative innovation. On the one hand, these results are meant to raise awareness of the new implications of collaborative work and its potential, particularly collaborative innovation; on the other hand, they emphasize the importance of space and the importance of the three types of communication - communication for coordination, communication for information, and communication for inspiration - in the management of collaborative innovation. Thus, they underline multiple opportunities to define new (public) policies for the management of (territorial) collaborative innovation.