A model for applying Agile practices in Distributed environment: A case of local software industry

Abstract

Distributed teams faced a lot of obstacles faced while applying Agile practices in distributed environment, these obstacles were poorly understood by local software industry. In market, Agile and distributed software development became a need more than a trend. It seems to be problematic when Agile and distributed software development merge. There is need to identify those Agile practices adoptable for distributed teams and can also help local software industry to produce a quality software. This study contributes an empirical based investigation of the critical factors affect in Agile distributed. Study inductively formulated a theoretical model of how specific agile alignment practices affect in mitigating distributed Agile software development process. The model presented in this paper presented state-of-the-art of critical factors affect in Distributed Agile environment given in literature. For further proof of concept a case study was conducted to test the applicability of proposed model in local environment. Results indicate basis for further research in local industry Proposed model makes applicability of agile practices in distributed environment by tailoring Scrum and XP methods.