Literature Review from the year 2014 in the subject Computer Science - Miscellaneous, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (Statistics and Informatics Department), course: Post-Phd, language: English, abstract: The literature and industrial practice reveal that the Distributed Software Development (DSD) is becoming a reality in most large organizations, in search of improvements in quality, productivity and cost reduction. However, although several (primary and secondary) studies have produced results for the communication process in DSD design, there is still a lack of a Systematic Tertiary Study to provide subsidies for further research and improvement on industrial practice. Our book aims at a conceptual approach concerning DSD design and consolidates knowledge about the communication process in DSD projects, especially the factors that influence the communication, the effects of communication in DSD projects and the relationship between factors and effects.

Research Paper from the year 2013 in the subject Communications - Theories, Models, Terms and Definitions, grade: College and University, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (Statistics and Informatics Departament), course: Computer Science, language: English, abstract: The virtual environments can be considered as one of the factors driving the transformation of mass media, associating new forms in network communication and making the information more accessible to any person that has access to the worldwide network of computers, promoting the production and dissemination of information in science and technology for teaching and research in all areas of knowledge and different sectors of society. In this sense, our book plans to explore the communication in cyber universe, as well, the influence of ICT and cyberculture to network society.