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Distributed software development teams are common-place today. One good reason for distribution is the need to combine special skills or competencies from different locations. However, integrating skills flexibly is both a technical and a communication challenge. Lean and agile projects depend on direct communication. In this contribution, we investigate how agile teams can be distributed by adding a “remote partner” - and still maintain agile advantages. We analyze communication using the goal-question-metric paradigm (GQM) and apply it to a programming project, part of which was distributed. We discuss our insights on the minimal set of additions (technical and organizational) that are required to turn distributed while staying agile.
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Meyer, S., Knauss, E., Schneider, K. (2010). Distributing a Lean Organization: Maintaining Communication While Staying Agile. In: Abrahamsson, P., Oza, N. (eds) Lean Enterprise Software and Systems. LESS 2010. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 65. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16416-3_14
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