Globally Distributed Development
Welcome to the second issue of the Agile Journal. This month, we explore the many challenges Agile teams face in running globally distributed development projects.
Globally distributed development can include all/any of the following:
- Teams with developers, testers, users and/or other team members working at more than one location.
- Teams engaging with third-party partners -consultants, vendors, even customers - to deliver business applications.
- Teams that must incorporate a number of different styles (cultural, technical, management, etc.) across their distributed locations.
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FEATURED BOOK: Practical Development Environments - by Matthew B. Doar
Okay - so you're "doing the ‘Agile' thing" with your software development. How about your development environment? Are all the tools in your development environment truly practical?
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Tackling Offshore Agile Development
 As an analyst, I have spoken with hundreds of software developers and managers struggling to improve their delivery capabilities. Many are turning to Agile processes as a means to deliver high quality solutions and at the same time improve time to benefits. And, at the same time, these teams need to work with ever-shrinking budgets. Of all the questions they asked about Agile development in 2005, the most common - and the toughest - was: "Can we take advantage of offshore resources and still use Agile processes?"
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