Issues and Strategy for Agile Global Software Development Adoption

摘要

The necessity of finding right skilled people and limiting costs has leaded to wide adoption of global development in software industry. Agile method increases software quality and improves project performance and, for these reasons, in the last years many companies try to merge the two approaches. Despite many benefits, this combination raises various challenges. This paper explores the challenges of integrating the two approaches based on their conflicting characteristics with the aim to define a strategy for companies that wish to adopt agile global software development. The strategy we propose is founded on grouping the various solutions proposed by the literature in three categories: preparatory measures, technology and communication tools, tailoring agile method.