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Distributed Agile Software Development Challenges and Mitigation Techniques: A Case Study

Authors:
Abdullah Saad Alqahtani
John David Moore
David Harrison
Bruce Wood

Keywords: distributed Agile; global Agile; global software engineering; Agile software development

Abstract:
There is a growing interest in applying Agile development methods alongside global software development in order to reap the benefits of both approaches. With this said however, research has shown that software companies are encountering significant challenges when attempting this due to the contradiction between Agile values and the global development environment. This paper focuses on the challenges encountered with this kind of development and discusses several techniques via which these challenges can be addressed. It presents a case study and applies interviews with a software development company adopting the distributed Agile approach. From this study it can be seen that the communication barriers are the biggest development challenge. The development teams and product owners need to work hard to increase the level of communication between them by having a daily, regimented communication schedule. Flexibility with the working hours and location is an important practice with regards to limiting the barriers of the distributed development.

Pages: 352 to 358

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: October 27, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-304-9

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from October 27, 2013 to October 31, 2013