Empirical evidence in follow the Sun software development: A systematic map** study

J Kroll, I Richardson, R Prikladnicki… - Information and Software …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Context Follow the Sun (FTS) development is a special case of Global Software
Development. It is applied in the context of global projects to reduce the software …

A systematic literature review of best practices and challenges in follow-the-sun software development

J Kroll, SI Hashmi, I Richardson… - 2013 IEEE 8th …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

How do distribution and time zones affect software development? a case study on communication

M Nordio, HC Estler, B Meyer… - 2011 IEEE Sixth …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software projects have crossed seas and continents looking for talented developers, moving
from local developments to geographically distributed projects. This paper presents a case …

Towards an ontology for global software development

A Vizcaíno, F García, I Caballero, JC Villar, M Piattini - IET Software, 2012 - IET
As planning an R&D project named ORIGIN addressing global software development (GSD)
foundations, the authors soon became aware of the need for all the participants to share the …

An empirical study of search-based task scheduling in global software development

J Kroll, S Friboim, H Hemmati - 2017 IEEE/ACM 39th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scheduling tasks is one of the critical duties of software project managers. The main
objective of the scheduling is typically reducing the project's cost and duration. However, the …

Distributed project management: Ten misconceptions that might kill your distributed project

D Šmite - Software project management in a changing world, 2014 - Springer
This chapter is dedicated to companies engaged in collaborative software projects with staff
distributed across several locations. The chapter is organized around ten problem areas …

FTSProc: A process to alleviate the challenges of projects that use the follow-the-sun strategy

ER Hess, JLN Audy - 2012 IEEE Seventh International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Searching for competitive advantages as low coast and productivity gains, organizations
choose to distribute their software development to other countries with more affordable …

Process variability management in global software development: a case study

T Martínez-Ruiz, F García, M Piattini… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
Global Software Development (GSD) is set to be the paradigm that will support software
industries in the increasingly globalized 21st century. It opens the door to companies from …

Using SAN formalism to evaluate Follow-The-Sun project scenarios

AR Santos, A Sales, P Fernandes - Journal of Systems and Software, 2015 - Elsevier
Performance evaluation of projects can be used by companies and institutions as a tool to
help the decision making process of Follow-The-Sun (FTS) projects. This paper main goal is …

Handoffs management in follow-the-sun software projects: a case study

J Kroll, I Richardson, JLN Audy… - 2014 47th Hawaii …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In Follow-the-sun (FTS) software projects, handoffs are performed at the beginning and the
end of each working day shift. Handoff efficiency is determined by the quality of knowledge …