'global' Category
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Practical Software Development
Summary of the panelists’ points of view on “Practical Software Development”, and some of the key audience questions at the Feb. 16, 2010 meeting of the Eastern NC chapter of the IEEE Computer Society (surprise audience member: Dr. Frederick Brooks!)
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recent publications
Three recent Agile Teams papers: “Measuring Collaboration in Globally Distributed Software Development Teams” at HAoSE2009, “Requirements Quality Metrics” workshop at ISSRE 2009, and “Applying Requirements Metrics To Guide Project Management And Assess Process Improvements” at SEPG 2010
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book review: Cross-Cultural Dialogues
I’ve completed Cross-Cultural Dialogues: 74 Brief Encounters With Cultural Difference. This book on cultural differences was a quick read, amenable to being read in short bursts, and I think GSD teams may find it useful. It’s not by any means a comprehensive guide to help you get out, and stay out, of trouble: I expect […]
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technology and culture
For a current project investigating the use of collaboration tools on GSD (global software development) projects, I’ve been assessing the impact of videoconferencing on development team activities. On the plus side is the great potential benefit of visual feedback. On the negative side, I’ve realized, is the great potential to inadvertently offend never-met teammates of […]
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overcoming language barriers
On Feb 28 I discovered and installed the Global Translator plugin for Wordpress. The plugin supports 4 different translation engines, with Google providing by far the most choices. I built a short list of friends who are native (or at least fluent) speakers of many of the available languages, configured the plugin for source language […]
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GSD / GSE on LinkedIn
Recently I searched LinkedIn for a group for people who, like me, are interested in how global software development (GSD) teams can work together more effectively. When I didn’t find one, I started one. Please consider joining the Global Software Development (GSD) group on LinkedIn if this topic interests you too!
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language barriers with global teams
Interesting write up on experiences with language barriers among global teams: http://janetgregory.blogspot.com/2009/03/communication-language-barriers.html - thanks to DianaOfPortland on twitter.
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agile management tools
Even the most agile project likely uses some kind of tools - index cards, whiteboards, etc. I recently checked out a few agile project management tools to help me with a small, but globally distributed, project. (Without continuously-on high-powered video support across the oceans, whiteboards and index cards are just too hard for everyone on […]
