Leveraging temporal and spatial separations with the 24-hour knowledge factory paradigm

Abstract

The 24-H Knowledge Factory facilitates collaboration between geographically and temporally distributed teams. The teams themselves form a strategic partnership whose joint efforts contribute to the completion of a project. Project-related tasks are likewise distributed, allowing tasks to be completed on a continuous basis, regardless of the constraints of any one team's working hours. However, distributing a single task between multiple teams necessitates a handoff process, where one team's development efforts and task planning are communicated from one team ending their shift to the next that will continue the effort. Data management is, therefore, critical to the success of this business model. Efficiency in data management is achieved through a strategic leveraging of key tools, models, and concepts.

A Systematic Literature Review of Best Practices and Challenges in Follow-the-Sun Software Development

“…According to [18] [31] the lacking of face-to-face communication in GSD pro jects is a main obstacle to communication. In FTS, making opportunities for spontaneous interaction can result in a large amount of communication overhead introduced during task handoffs [8].…”

“…At each location, handoffs are conducted on a daily basis, at the end of each site shift [7]. The concept of handoffs, with the segregation of tasks, enables software development teams to work on a continuous basis on the project [8]. According to [10], FTS is a special case of GSD where there is a handoff of unfinished work every day.…”

We All Know How, Don’t We? On the Role of Scrum in IT-Offshoring

“…Together Scrum and Agile represents, a global available concept, a bundling of recommended routines and know how on carrying out the management of software development. The process of using a global concept in the offshoring interaction between mother company and supplier could be perceived as a provision of a common known approach [22].…”