Global software development (GSD) is the most recent and major trend in software engineering domain. It provides many benefits but also faces various challenges in control, communication and coordination due to socio-cultural, geographical and temporal distance. Scrum is increasingly being applied in GSD as it supports teamwork between developers and customers. Scrum method offered a distinctive feature to mitigate the effects of socio-cultural and geographical but not temporal distance on coordination in GSD projects. This paper presents how Scrum helps to mitigate the effects of temporal distance which includes increased coordination costs in GSD projects. A web application which is called "Distributed Scrum web application" provides various advantages for Scrum teams. The main advantage of this application is to facilitate communication among distributed team members. Keywords: Global Software Development, Scrum and coordination cost. 1. Introduction Global Software Development (GSD) is the most recent domain in software engineering [3]. GSD is software development that is distributed across two or more sites. The sites may be separated by national or continental borders [8]. The various advantages provided by GSD for organizations that develop software are, reduction in marketing time, improvement in quality, reducing cost and increasing productivity. However GSD faces various challenges in control, communication and coordination according to socio-cultural, geographical and temporal distance [3]. The classification of these challenges is mentioned in [8]. Scrum is increasingly being applied in GSD as it provides many advantages like improved communication, trust, and quality of product. It also helps to mitigate so... ... middle of paper ... ...bal Software Engineering, pp. 66-74, 2011. [8] Paasivaara M. and Lassenius C., " Scaling Scrum in a Large Distributed Project ". in International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, pp. 363-367, 2011. [9] Paasivaara M., Lassenius C. , and Heikkil V.," Inter-team coordination in large-scale globally distributed scrum: Do Scrum-of-Scrums really work?".in ESEM, pp. 235-238, 2012. [10] Scharff C., Heng S., and Kulkarni V., " On the Difficulties for Students to Adhere to Scrum on Global Software Development Projects: Preliminary Results ". inCTGDSD, 2012, pp. 25-29. [11] Scharff C., Gotel O., and Kulkarni V., " Transitioning to Distributed Development in Students’ Global Software Development Projects: The Role of Agile Methodologies and End-to-End Tooling". in Fifth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances, pp. 388-394, 2010
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Software design and development is a field that requires various skills and abilities. Companies engaged in the development of software should provide an inclusive work environment where the different strengths of their employees are recognised, utilised and respected. Software development involves far more than programming skills. Personnel are required with strong communication, teamwork, attention to detail, creativity, design and problem-solving skills. Different personnel will possess these skills in varying proportions. It is the job of management to foster and encourage the development and enhancement of skills in the workplace.
Scrum meetings held every morning between the developers in each team and product goals and objectives were discussed and problems encountered.
The increasing number of knowledge intensive research and development companies have turned to virtual teams in the recent past in order for them to generate the greatest competitive advantage from limited resources and labor. The geographically distributed teams must communicate via technology, and this has grown in prevalence as compared to the traditional teams in which all members were collocated and communicate face to face. Thus many organizations turn to virtual teams to reduce operational costs, embracing faster problem solving and innovate.
Teamwork can be seen on a continuum as disintegrated and un-coordinated on the one side and too well coordinated to the point of complete consensus (group-think). Finding a good balance is the ideal and will produce the best results.
Scrum is an Agile methodology system used for project management. The origination of Scrum has helped teams to improve immensely in product delivery, feedback and discoveries, and has also reduced complexity in project. A Certified Scrum Manager is a leader of the Scrum team according to area of specialization. You may like to visit http://www.scrumalliance.org for information on Scrum Training and Certification.
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The report focuses on important conditions on which project managers must focus while working in a dispersed virtual team. There are many factors included in the report as there are many factors which will either help or hinder a team on its quest to accomplish work. The topics of communication efficiency and communication rules are frequently mentioned as being strongly correlated to the success of the team. The paper does not contain a list of specific rules and guidelines, but quotes provided by research subjects mention some rules implemented within some virtual teams.
The core team implements the major decisions and then the virtual teams is informed. There is always a communication gap and loss of information
Virtual teams were almost unheard of a decade ago, but today they are an integral part of every organization. The recent “offshore outsourcing” trend and the growth of the Internet and similar globally linking technologies are major contributor to the increase in the use of virtual teams. Virtual teams are made up of people working on interdependent tasks and interacting largely via communication technology to achieve a common goal without concerns of time and space. Such teams carry out many critical functions, including information collection and dissemination, decision making, and implementation.
The SSADM methodology is known as a clear organised methodology which can create well- recognised, and correct information systems, if used competently. It has been observed that SSADM is very challenging to practice, nevertheless, it plays an important part in projecting and examining the information systems. Moreover, it identifies the ensuing phases in the SDLC (systems development lifecycle). It can be said that SSADM utilise a top-bottom approach in order to accomplish the objectives at every stage. Although there are other methods for software development in managing product development such as Agile SCRUM methodology too, however, for this considered case (Fixit TV and Video Repairs), SSADM has been selected. This paper demonstrates an appropriate method for the project as well as the justification of this selection in comparison to agile SCRUM methodology.
Distributed systems are grouping of computers linked through a network that uses software to coordinate their resources to complete a given task. The majority of computer systems in use today are distributed systems. There are limited uses for a singular software application running on an unconnected individual hardware device. A perfect distributed system would appear to be a single unit. However, this ideal system is not practical in real world application due to many environmental components. There are many attributes to consider when designing and implementing distributed systems. Distributed Software Engineering is the implementation of all aspects of software production in the creation of a distributed
This will be a report on the aspects of being a member of a Software Development Team. What qualifications are required to be a member, be it a programmer, a systems analyst or a project leader? What are the roles that each of these members undertake to make up a software development team? Just how important teamwork is to complete tasks, whether large or small, within this field.
After hearing the hype and realizing the alluring advantages of outsourcing, many companies are weighing the options of outsourcing vs insourcing when developing a software application. Software development requires intricate planning, skilled implementation, and thorough testing. Understanding the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is important in order to track project progress throughout the software development whether this task remains in house or is outsourced overseas. This executive summary will first outline the eight steps of SDLC and then offer some suggestions about what to consider when deciding to outsource ACME Media’s CRM software or keep this development in house.
Agile software development is a group of software development methods based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development and delivery, a time-boxed iterative approach, and encourages rapid and flexible response to change.