Think of the problems you encountered during your last project, then imagine
the team spread across different floors or buildings, or even continents! The
problems and pitfalls are greatly magnified to a point where development is
severely hindered.
This is a typical distributed development team. The personnel involved in the
project are unable to have direct face-toface communication. I will discuss
common problems that can be encountered when working in this environment and
talk about solutions that will greatly improve project development.
First, let's start by defining an example team. A global project has been
proposed and the only problem is that some members of the team are based in
the UK, and some in the U.S. This is not only multi-site it is also
intercontinen... (more)