There is an emerging interest in using agile methodologies in Global Software Development(GSD)to get the mutual benefits of both methods.Scrum is currently admired by many development teams as an agile most known meth...There is an emerging interest in using agile methodologies in Global Software Development(GSD)to get the mutual benefits of both methods.Scrum is currently admired by many development teams as an agile most known meth-odology and considered adequate for collocated teams.At the same time,stake-holders in GSD are dispersed by geographical,temporal,and socio-cultural distances.Due to the controversial nature of Scrum and GSD,many significant challenges arise that might restrict the use of Scrum in GSD.We conducted a Sys-tematic Literature Review(SLR)by following Kitchenham guidelines to identify the challenges that limit the use of Scrum in GSD and to explore the mitigation strategies adopted by practitioners to resolve the challenges.To validate our reviewfindings,we conducted an industrial survey of 305 practitioners.The results of our study are consolidated into a research framework.The framework represents current best practices and recommendations to mitigate the identified distributed scrum challenges and is validated byfive experts of distributed Scrum.Results of the expert review were found supportive,reflecting that the framework will help the stakeholders deliver sustainable products by effectively mitigating the identified challenges.展开更多
基金The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for funding this work through research group no.RG-1441-490.
文摘There is an emerging interest in using agile methodologies in Global Software Development(GSD)to get the mutual benefits of both methods.Scrum is currently admired by many development teams as an agile most known meth-odology and considered adequate for collocated teams.At the same time,stake-holders in GSD are dispersed by geographical,temporal,and socio-cultural distances.Due to the controversial nature of Scrum and GSD,many significant challenges arise that might restrict the use of Scrum in GSD.We conducted a Sys-tematic Literature Review(SLR)by following Kitchenham guidelines to identify the challenges that limit the use of Scrum in GSD and to explore the mitigation strategies adopted by practitioners to resolve the challenges.To validate our reviewfindings,we conducted an industrial survey of 305 practitioners.The results of our study are consolidated into a research framework.The framework represents current best practices and recommendations to mitigate the identified distributed scrum challenges and is validated byfive experts of distributed Scrum.Results of the expert review were found supportive,reflecting that the framework will help the stakeholders deliver sustainable products by effectively mitigating the identified challenges.
