Challenges and Solutions in Distributed Software Development Project Management: A Systematic Literature Review

Silva, Fábio Q. B. da; Costa, Catarina; França, A. César C.; Prikladinicki, Rafael

doi:10.1109/icgse.2010.18

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“…Herbsleb et al [3,40] highlighted the relevance of tracking information in projects where code is developed in more than one site, increasing the visibility of the work in progress [4]. In agüe software development, Brede et al [41 ] used agüe artifacts, such as product backlogs, sprint backlogs, and burn-down charts to measure the level of work performed by a team.…”

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“…The classification surveys were designed following the guidelines provided by Fink [48] and Runeson [32]. The survey questions were identified in the literature related to software measurement in agüe processes [4,46,49,50]. The questionnaires were structured in seven sections covering the three dimensions mentioned above.…”

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“…Mishra et al [2] reported that a project developed by distributed teams may take up 2.5 times more effort than one developed by co-located teams. None of these obstacles are new, and several were reported as early as 2003 [3]; however, recent studies and reviews have shown that they are still cause of concern [1,4], Communication is even more critical in the case of Agile Global Software Development (AGSD) in which communication plays a primary role. According to the Agile Manifestó, "Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project" [5].…”

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“…According to the Agile Manifestó, "Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project" [5]. Communication problems in AGSD have also been broadly addressed in the literature [4,6,7], which has shown that distributed teams, particularly agile teams, strongly depend on tools for communication [4,7,8]. Although the optimal technological tool for supporting efficient communication in AGSD has been explored in several studies, it is still an unresolved issue [1,4,[7][8][9].…”

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An exploratory study in communication in Agile Global Software Development

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Keywords:Global Distributed Software Development Agüe Exploratory research Tools and technologies Infrastructure Global software development (GSD) is gaining ever more relevance. Although communication is key in the exchange of information between team members, multi-site software development has introduced additional obstacles (different time-zones and cultures, IT infrastructure, etc.) and delays into the act of communication, which is already problematic. Communication is even more critical in the case of Agile Global Software Development (AGSD) in which communication plays a primary role. This paper reports an exploratory study of the effects of tools supporting communication in AGSD. More precisely, this paper analyses the perception of team members about communication infrastructures in AGSD. The research question to which this study responds concerns how development teams perceive the communication infrastructure while developing products using agile methodologies. Most previous studies have dealt with communication support from a highly technological media tool perspective. In this research work, instead, observations were obtained from three perspectives: communication among team members, communication of the status of the development process, and communication of the status of the progress of the product under development. It has been possible to show that team members perceive advantages to using media tools that make them feel in practice that teams are co-located, such as smartboards supported by effident video-tools, and combining media tools with centralized repository tools, with information from the process development and product characteristics, that allow distributed teams to effectively share information about the status of the project/process/product during the development process in order to overeóme some of the still existing problems in communication in AGSD.

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Section: Measures On Project Statusmentioning

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“…Jalali et al [13] and Hossain et al [14] performed systematic literature reviews looking at the use of agile methods in GSD. Da Silva et al performed two SLRs on project management in the context of GSD [15], [16]. Prikladnicki et al [17] identified papers that describe process models for GSD in the context of overseas outsourcing.…”

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Effort Estimation in Global Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review

Britto

Freitas

Mendes

et al. 2014

2014 IEEE 9th International Conference on Global Software Engineering

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Abstract-Nowadays, software systems are a key factor in the success of many organizations as in most cases they play a central role helping them attain a competitive advantage. However, despite their importance, software systems may be quite costly to develop, so substantially decreasing companies' profits. In order to tackle this challenge, many organizations look for ways to decrease costs and increase profits by applying new software development approaches, like Global Software Development (GSD). Some aspects of the software project like communication, cooperation and coordination are more challenging in globally distributed than in co-located projects, since language, cultural and time zone differences are factors which can increase the required effort to globally perform a software project. Communication, coordination and cooperation aspects affect directly the effort estimation of a project, which is one of the critical tasks related to the management of a software development project. There are many studies related to effort estimation methods/techniques for co-located projects. However, there are evidences that the co-located approaches do not fit to GSD. So, this paper presents the results of a systematic literature review of effort estimation in the context of GSD, which aimed at help both researchers and practitioners to have a holistic view about the current state of the art regarding effort estimation in the context of GSD. The results suggest that there is room to improve the current state of the art on effort estimation in GSD.

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Challenges to Project Management in Distributed Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review

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2022

Evolving Software Processes

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Challenges and Solutions in Distributed Software Development Project Management: A Systematic Literature Review

Cited by 107 publications

References 7 publications

An exploratory study in communication in Agile Global Software Development

An exploratory study in communication in Agile Global Software Development

Effort Estimation in Global Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review

Challenges to Project Management in Distributed Software Development: A Systematic Literature Review

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