A Systematic Literature Review of Best Practices and Challenges in Follow-the-Sun Software Development

Author

Kroll, Josiane ; Hashmi, Sajid Ibrahim ; Richardson, Ita ; Audy, Jorge L. N.

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Sch., Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

fYear

2013

fDate

26-26 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

23

Abstract

Follow-the-sun (FTS) software development is a strategy used to reduce the length of software projects that are developed across globally distributed locations. However, due to communication and collaboration challenges, software companies find it difficult to adopt this development strategy during task allocation and daily project handovers. In this study, we present results from a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) performed on papers published between 1990 and 2012. Our goal was to identify best practices and challenges for FTS implementation. We found 36 best practices and 17 challenges for FTS. These results are discussed in this paper in order to indicate opportunities for future research and make our results useful for the project managers.

Keywords

globalisation; project management; software development management; software houses; FTS implementation; FTS software development; SLR; collaboration challenges; communication challenges; daily project handovers; follow-the-sun software development strategy; globally distributed locations; software companies; software projects; systematic literature review; task allocation; Best practices; Cultural differences; Electronic mail; Global communication; Software; Software engineering; Testing; Follow-the-sun (FTS); Global software development; best practice; challenges;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Software Engineering Workshops (ICGSEW), 2013 IEEE 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bari

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICGSEW.2013.10

Filename

6613447