Today s software production is increasingly distributed. Gone are the days of one-company,one-siteprojects;mostindustrialdevelopmentsinvolveteamssplit over locations, countries, and cultures. This distribution poses new challenges, for example, how to develop the software requirements speci?cation, and how to manage the project. These challenges are formidable; many failures have been reportedinoutsourcedanddistributedprojects,oftenduenottolackoftechnical expertise, but to di?culties in management and communication. SEAFOOD 2010, the fourth international conference on Software Engine- ing Advances For Outsourced and O?shore Development, was held in Peterhof (SaintPetersburg),Russia,on17-18June2010.SEAFOOD2010providedan- portunity for participants from academia and industry to confront experiences, ideas and proposals. The submissions received covered a wide range of topics, from country-wide reports from Russia and Argentina to global projectmana- ment. This volume includes 8 papers (4 full papers and 4 short papers) from the conference, selected after review by the Program Committee. The program also included two keynote presentations and the extended abstracts are included in this volume: A Smarter Way: The Software Engineering Method and Theory Initiative (Semat) , by Ivar Jacobson, and The Consortium for IT Software Quality , by Richard Mark Soley and Bill Curtis. Many people contributed to SEAFOOD 2010. We thank the Program C- mittee and the external reviewers for their excellent work in reviewing and - lecting the papers. The role of Andrei Voronkov s EasyChair conference system is gratefully acknowledged.

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore and Outsourced Development, SEAFOOD 2010, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 17-18, 2010. The four long plus the four short papers presented together with two keynote speeches were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions for inclusion in the book. The areas covered include industry challenges and best practices in offshore software development, distributed software development, risk management, and global software project management.

Inhalt
Invited Keynote Speakers.- A Smarter Way: The Software Engineering Method and Theory Initiative (Semat).- The Consortium for IT Software Quality.- Full Papers.- Reconciling Offshore Outsourcing with Model Based Testing.- Argentina's Offshore Software Industry Opportunities and Challenges.- Model-Based Task Allocation in Distributed Software Development.- The Economics of Hiring and Staff Retention for an IT Company in Russia.- Short Papers.- Global Software Project Management: A Case Study.- The Catalan Government Prequalification Strategy for Software Development Suppliers.- On Knowledge Services for Outsourcing Professional Development.- A Structured Framework for Managing Offshore Outsourcing Risks on Software Support Projects.