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CHAPTER
CHAPTER 16
SUCCESS FACTORS
IN VIRTUAL GLOBAL

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

Dragan Milosevic
Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science,
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
And Ozbay
Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science,
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

Sabin Srivannaboon
Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science,
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

A leading authority on program and project management, Dragan
Milosevic earned his credentials as a project manager in the private
sector managing large projects around the world. As associate pro-
fessor of engineering management at Portland State University, he
has developed practical tools and innovative approaches to the tra-
ditional and current challenges of project management. And as a con-
sultant with Rapidinnovation, LLC, an executive consulting company,
he helps leading companies streamline their project and program

management models to ensure profitability. He has more than
25 years’ experience in program and project management theory and
practice. He has worked in this field at a wide range of blue-chip com-
panies. He has managed projects worth more than $600 million with
partners from over 50 countries. Dragan Milosevic has written exten-
sively, and his work has been published in major academic and man-
agement publications around the world. His book, Project
Management Toolbox (Wiley), received the Project Management
Institute’s (PMI’s) the David I. Cleland Project Management Literature
Award for 2004. Professor Milosevic holds a B.S., an MBA, and a
Ph.D. in management, all from the University of Belgrade. He also
conducted project management seminars for the PMI. He also holds
PMP designation (#466).
And Ozbay holds a B.S. in industrial engineering and an M.S. in sys-
tems engineering from Bogazici University, Turkey. He is currently a
Ph.D. candidate at Portland State University in the systems
science/engineering management program. His Ph.D. research is
focused on multi-organizational software projects. Ozbay has presented

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