scholarly journals Role of Situational Agile Distributed Model to Support Modern Software Development Teams

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 655-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber Sarwar Hashmi ◽  
Yaser Hafeez ◽  
Muhammad Jamal ◽  
Sadia Ali ◽  
Naila Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Distributed Model ◽  
Architecture Model ◽  
Architecture Framework ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Software Development Teams ◽  
Communication And Coordination

ADSD (Agile Distributed Software Development) is a growing trend for software development organizations to develop quality software with limited cost and time. However, it gives rise to additional situational challenges. Situational variations result in unstable agile architecture which gets highly affected. Although the present literature focuses on agile architecture but effect of situational variation on the agile architecture still needs consideration. One possible solution is development of conceptual model and incorporation of multiple situational factors. This research study aims to identify the most relevant situations and propose situational ADSD approach for the development of situation-based software architecture framework for agile distributed projects. The study focuses on agile methods, rendering identified situational variations. The approach is developed through analyzing data from literature and their associated work documents. Comprehensive survey helps to bridge the gaps from conceptual to architecture model. The experimental results are acquired through both practical and statistical analysis. The results support Conway’s law, e.g. correlation that maps architecture with the communication and coordination needs. Correlation results show that architecture has major contribution in ADSD and validate the relationship among conceptual model and architecture model. The results also suggest that stable architecture in ADSD can positively affect the product.

E-Mentoring in Global Software Development Teams

2013 ◽  
pp. 160-175
Author(s):  
Ricardo Colomo-Palacios ◽  
Alok Mishra ◽  
Cristina Casado-Lumbreras ◽  
Pedro Soto-Acosta
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Global Software Development ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Common Culture ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Software Development Teams ◽  
Communication And Coordination ◽  
Cross Cultural Management ◽  
Correct Application

Global Software Development (GSD) teams face communication and coordination problems due to spatial, temporal, and cultural separation between team members. Cultural diversity and cross-cultural management are significant issues among GSD teams. In software development projects, mentoring dramatically reduces the learning curve for novice human resources. Due to the large amount of electronic communication instruments, a remarkable number of different e-Mentoring concepts have emerged, which provides opportunity for mentoring that would not otherwise be possible. This chapter presents key success factors to enable e-Mentoring as a tool to develop a common culture in GSD scenarios. These success factors enable the correct application of mentoring programmes and the use of this to build a common culture in organizations that perform GSD.

E-Mentoring in Global Software Development Teams

2014 ◽  
pp. 1534-1549
Author(s):  
Ricardo Colomo-Palacios ◽  
Alok Mishra ◽  
Cristina Casado-Lumbreras ◽  
Pedro Soto-Acosta
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Global Software Development ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Common Culture ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Software Development Teams ◽  
Communication And Coordination ◽  
Cross Cultural Management ◽  
Correct Application

Global Software Development (GSD) teams face communication and coordination problems due to spatial, temporal, and cultural separation between team members. Cultural diversity and cross-cultural management are significant issues among GSD teams. In software development projects, mentoring dramatically reduces the learning curve for novice human resources. Due to the large amount of electronic communication instruments, a remarkable number of different e-Mentoring concepts have emerged, which provides opportunity for mentoring that would not otherwise be possible. This chapter presents key success factors to enable e-Mentoring as a tool to develop a common culture in GSD scenarios. These success factors enable the correct application of mentoring programmes and the use of this to build a common culture in organizations that perform GSD.

scholarly journals Towards Scrum Based Agile Framework for Global Software Development Teams

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 979-998
Author(s):  
Shagufta Shafiq ◽  
Yaser Hafeez ◽  
Sadia Ali ◽  
Naila Iqbal ◽  
Muhammad Jamal
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Distributed Teams ◽  
Agile Methods ◽  
Functional Development ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Software Development Teams ◽  
Communication And Coordination ◽  
Framework Development

Organizations are moving their workforce to guarantee matters of trade and profit where accounts are expected to be less expensive and provide better quality products with the accessibility of skilled labor. With the evident benefits, distributed teams often face challenges with reliable and efficient communication coordination patterns that lead towards project failure. In the rapidly growing software industry, it becomes critical for any business to have better management activities to acquire right processes and practices. Agile methods are considered as a remedy for mitigating distributed teams’ challenges, with their consistent focus on communication. Here, we intend to propose a tailored Scrum based solution for distributed teams that empowers anticipated communication and coordination throughout the development process. In the first phase of framework development we have evaluated the state of agile practices from both literature and industry; based on collected evidence and suggestive guidelines a scrum based agile framework was formulated. The Scrum is a project management method in Agile Methods family. Scrum is an iterative process that asks for incremental development of the product, includes cross functional development and testing teams. Evaluation results show that the proposed framework contributes positively to improve development process quality. We have performed theoretical as well as empirical evaluation to validate proposed framework. We have eight project managing rising aspects in DSD (Distributed Software Development) to evaluate the proposed framework.

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