• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems
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Challenges in Distributed Agile Software Development Environment: A Systematic Literature Review


Abstract

Due to increasing interest in distributed agile software development, there is a need to systematically review the literature on challenges encountered in the agile software development environment. Using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) approach, 32 relevant publications, dated between 2013 and 2018 were selected from four electronic databases. Data from these publications were extracted to identify the key challenges across the system development life cycle (SDLC) phases, which essentially are short phases in each agile-based iteration. 5 types of key challenges were identified as impacting the SDLC phases; these challenges are Communication, Coordination, Cooperation, Collaboration and Control. In the context of the SLDC phases, the Communication challenge was discussed the most often (79 times, 33%). The least discussed challenges were Cooperation and Collaboration (26 times, 11% each). The 5 challenges occur because of distances which occur in distributed environment. This SLR identified 4 types of distances which contribute to the occurrence of these key challenges - physical, temporal, social-cultural and knowledge/experience. Of the 32 publications, only 4 included research which proposed new solutions to address challenges in agile distributed software development. The authors of this article believe that the findings in this SLR are a resource for future research work to deepen the understanding of and to develop additional solutions to address the challenges in distributed agile software development.


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[IEEE Style]
I. Ghani, A. Lim, M. Hasnain, I. Ghani, M. I. Babar, "Challenges in Distributed Agile Software Development Environment: A Systematic Literature Review," KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 4555-4571, 2019. DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2019.09.013.

[ACM Style]
Imran Ghani, Angelica Lim, Muhammad Hasnain, Israr Ghani, and Muhammad Imran Babar. 2019. Challenges in Distributed Agile Software Development Environment: A Systematic Literature Review. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, 13, 9, (2019), 4555-4571. DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2019.09.013.

[BibTeX Style]
@article{tiis:22211, title="Challenges in Distributed Agile Software Development Environment: A Systematic Literature Review", author="Imran Ghani and Angelica Lim and Muhammad Hasnain and Israr Ghani and Muhammad Imran Babar and ", journal="KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems", DOI={10.3837/tiis.2019.09.013}, volume={13}, number={9}, year="2019", month={September}, pages={4555-4571}}