Abstract
Many software organizations are restructuring their software development groups by extending operations to offshore software development centers. Thus, a Follow the Sun (FTS) development is a potential strategy for these organizations. FTS can help with reducing the software development life cycle duration and consequently the time-to-market. However, while the FTS concept looks promising in theory, it appears to be difficult in practice and software organizations have a pressing need for support in how to successfully implement FTS in a global software environment. In this paper, we combine the results from prior work in FTS and a design validation method conducted by experts to propose a software process model for FTS development, named FTS-SPM (Follow the Sun Software Process Model). Our paper describes how we built the FTS-SPM and draws recommendations for software organizations interested in practicing FTS.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 412-415 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, SEKE |
| Volume | 2014-January |
| Issue number | January |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | 26th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, SEKE 2014 - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 1 Jul 2014 → 3 Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- Follow the sun
- Global software engineering
- Software process
- Time zone management
- Virtual teams