Collaborative embedded systems development: survey of state of the practice

This paper describes the results of a survey about the problems of and solutions for collaborative SW development. The survey was done through several interviews of companies doing collaborative development and also through a literature search to find already published experiences and solutions. As a result, we found that the literature focuses on solutions for more general issues like communication and team building, and industrial problems are related to specific engineering tasks. Mapping and practical examples of general solutions to specific tasks are needed to support collaborative software development