Distributed Agile
Issues & Challenges
Patterns and Anti-Patterns
Naresh Jain
naresh@agilefaqs.com
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Distributed development - Challenges
Decrease in communication bandwidth
Lack of visibility into project status
Configuration management
Command and Control structure
Time difference
Cultural difference
Coordination is difficult
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Challenges : Root cause
My observations
Lack of trust
Loss of context, both business and technical
Delay in feedback cycle due to increase in distance and time
difference
Duplication of efforts
Change is inevitable
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