Agile Software Development with Distributed Teams: Agility, Distribution and Trust

Author

Dorairaj, Siva ; Noble, James

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Comput. Sci., Victoria Univ. of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

fYear

2013

fDate

5-9 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

Trust among team members is imperative for blending agility with distributed software development. Little is known about how team members who are dispersed across different geographical locations, time zones and cultures can build trust while working together in Agile software development projects. Through a Grounded Theory study that involved 55 participants from 38 different software companies in the USA, India and Australia, we investigate the key concerns of distributed teams in Agile software development. We found that trust among members of a distributed team is important for bridging spatial, temporal and socio-cultural distances in order for them to work together as one team. In this paper, we present techniques for building trust in Agile software development with distributed teams.

Keywords

DP industry; cultural aspects; project management; software development management; software prototyping; team working; Australia; India; USA; agile software development projects; agility; distributed software development; distributed teams; distribution; grounded theory; socio-cultural distance; software companies; spatial distance; team members; temporal distance; trust; Australia; Buildings; Business; Collaboration; Europe; Interviews; Software; Agile Methods; Distributed Team; Global Software Development; Grounded Theory; Trust;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Agile Conference (AGILE), 2013

Conference_Location

Nashville, TN

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AGILE.2013.7

Filename

6612873