Lições aprendidas com o uso da emulação de proximidade física no Desenvolvimento Distribuído de Software

ABSTRACT

Technological advances verified in recent years have enabled organizations to simulate collocation in the context of Distributed Software Development. The aim of simulating collocation is to give the perception that they are in the same workplace, communicating, collaborating and coordinating in a way similar to what they do with local teams. The purpose of this paper is to present how the real time simulated collocation is being used by distributed software development teams, including advantages, disadvantages, challenges and lessons learned. The research method used is case study and the empirical base involves software development projects.

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Index Terms

• Software and its engineering