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Using Agile Methods in Distributed Software Development Environments

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Agile Methods (WBMA 2016)

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Management is one of the factors with direct influence on the successful implementation of a project carried out in Distributed Software Development Environment (DSD), whereas mismanagement can result in schedule delays, loss of productivity and high costs. This article presents the benefits of using some of the key agile practices as well as the challenges encountered in DSD project management. The results were collected in quantitative research with the application of a survey among thirty-five professionals. These results indicate a positive contribution of the use of these practices.

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  1. Leão Sampaio University Center (UNILEÃO), Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil

    Wellington Feitoza Gonçalves, Renata Kalina de Paulo Alves, Pedro Luis Saraiva Barbosa, Herlon Ribeiro Parente Cortez & Isaac Bezerra de Oliveira

  2. Softex Recife, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Ivaldir de Farias Junior

  3. Rural Federal University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Marcelo Mendonça Teixeira

  4. CESAR.EDU, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Nelson Leitão Júnior

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Feitoza Gonçalves, W. et al. (2017). Using Agile Methods in Distributed Software Development Environments. In: Silva da Silva, T., Estácio, B., Kroll, J., Mantovani Fontana, R. (eds) Agile Methods. WBMA 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 680. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55907-0_2

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