Abstract
Follow-the-sun is an approach to develop software by handing off the progress to different time zones as the day passes. Hence, this approach allows companies to work on a project 24 hours a day, potentially reducing its time-to-market. However, several challenges, such as time zone differences or handing off work, are often reported. In this paper, we describe a case study on a follow-the-sun approach that was applied in a German company. During the approach, we did rarely face the aforementioned challenges but experienced different ones. For this reason, the company put its approach on hold but benefited from the learned lessons. Overall, we report on a partly successful follow-the-sun approach and identify five important practices.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE) |
| Publisher | IEEE Press |
| Pages | 31-35 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
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- Follow-The-Sun
- Gloabally Distributed Teams
- Distributed Software Engineering
- Global Software Engineering
- Experience Report