Assessing the Strength of Global Teaming Practices: A Pilot Study

After more than a decade of research in Global Software Engineering (GSE), organisations have a wealth of practices that they can draw on to support them in their global development activities. However, practitioners are now asking, "What is the current status of my GSE practices?", "How prepared is my company for GSE?", "What practices need improving?" We aim to give practitioners the answers they need by giving them a snapshot of their current GSE process strengths and weaknesses that can act as a guide for future software process improvement activities. We do this through our lightweight Global Teaming Assessment (GTA) based on 70 recommended GSE practices which we piloted in a small company.