An Empirical Study on the Impact of Scrumban on Geographically Distributed Software Development

Ahmad Banijamali, Research Dawadi, Muhammad Ovais Ahmad, Jouni Similä, Markku Oivo, Kari Liukkunen

2016

Abstract

Coordination in software projects is a challenge, particularly when it comes to distributed software development (DSD). Agile software development is a well-known paradigm for improving software development; however, there is little understanding of its impact on DSD projects. This paper describes an empirical study conducted within two Software Factory settings in Finland and Italy to investigate how Scrumban can impact coordination in geographically distributed software development. It provides the results from a project case that applied Scrumban to develop a web-based application for Time-banking. This study shows that aspects of Scrumban, such as iterative development, enhanced visibility, and limited work-in-progress, would alleviate the challenges of leveraging resources, synchronization between distributed sites, communication, and culture. It also explains that technical and security issues in the coordination of distributed projects may demand for solutions other than Scrumban.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Banijamali A., Dawadi R., Ahmad M., Similä J., Oivo M. and Liukkunen K. (2016). An Empirical Study on the Impact of Scrumban on Geographically Distributed Software Development . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-168-7, pages 567-577. DOI: 10.5220/0005686405670577

in Bibtex Style

@conference{modelsward16,
author={Ahmad Banijamali and Research Dawadi and Muhammad Ovais Ahmad and Jouni Similä and Markku Oivo and Kari Liukkunen},
title={An Empirical Study on the Impact of Scrumban on Geographically Distributed Software Development},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2016},
pages={567-577},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005686405670577},
isbn={978-989-758-168-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - An Empirical Study on the Impact of Scrumban on Geographically Distributed Software Development
SN - 978-989-758-168-7
AU - Banijamali A.
AU - Dawadi R.
AU - Ahmad M.
AU - Similä J.
AU - Oivo M.
AU - Liukkunen K.
PY - 2016
SP - 567
EP - 577
DO - 10.5220/0005686405670577