@inproceedings{09f169d8002748c0a606b779b308a23d,
title = "Communication in distributed agile development: A case study",
abstract = "Distributed software development is an increasingly important development approach for software companies as it brings tempting opportunities. Distributed development is already burdened with several problems and agile methods bring further challenges in the form of their reliance on verbal communication and volatile requirements. There is little empirical knowledge on distributed agile software development. We conducted two distributed agile software development case studies and compared our findings against existing recommendations about communication in distributed agile development. Our findings along with existing literature conclude that presented recommendations are worthwhile considering in distributed agile development, but with some caution. Our empirically based findings indicate that the role of a welldefined customer is the key recommendation. The lack of a welldefined customer able to meet responsibilities, as well as volatile requirements and inefficient communication, can cause severe problems even in smallscale distributed agile software development projects. Discussed recommendations are complemented with an additional recommendation.",
keywords = "distributed software, distributed software architecture, distributed software development, agile methods, agile software development",
author = "Mikko Korkala and Pekka Abrahamsson",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1109/EUROMICRO.2007.23",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-7695-2977-6",
series = "EUROMICRO Conference",
publisher = "IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers",
pages = "203--210",
booktitle = "33rd EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (EUROMICRO 2007)",
address = "United States",
note = "33rd EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, EUROMICRO 2007, EUROMICRO 2007 ; Conference date: 28-08-2007 Through 31-08-2007",
}