Paper Info
Title
Ten Heuristics from Applying Agile Practices across Different Distribution Scenarios: A Multiple-Case Study.
Abstract
Distributed software development (DSD) has become increasingly popular due to benefits such as cost savings, access to large multi-skilled workforces and a reduced time to market. Agile practices can potentially help increase transparency and mitigate communication and coordination issues in these complex environments. While empirical studies in the field exist, most are single-case studies that miss out on the chance to compare different distribution scenarios, which calls for further investigation. We report on results of a four-year exploratory multiple-case study investigating the agile process implementation in three different distribution scenarios: within-city, within-country and within-continent. We purposefully selected the three different cases and found ten common heuristics emerge which are based on empirical evidence in at least two cases as well as four further candidate heuristics that lack evidence in more than one case. In particular, the understanding of and adaptation to each development siteu0027s inherent challenges, travelling ambassadors/proxies between sites, and a balanced distribution of decision makers proved to be important heuristics for a successful process implementation.
Year
Venue
Field
2016
Computer and Information Science
Transparency (graphic),Agile practices,Empirical evidence,Computer science,Agile software development,Heuristics,Distributed software development,Time to market,Management science,Empirical research,Process management
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
9
2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
17
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Raoul Vallon193.82
Thomas Grechenig244964.07