Get The Most Out Of Distributed Agile Teams

January 1st, 2018

Amanda LeClair Senior Analyst

Jeffrey Hammond

With contributors:

Christopher Mines , Amy Homan , Andrew Reese

Summary

Agile methodologies and the spread of co-innovation and co-laboratory spaces presuppose that colocated software development teams are best. But for many shops, 100% colocation is neither achievable nor desirable. Application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders favor a global presence and access to partner ecosystems over some of the benefits of colocation. This report illuminates the best practices of AD&D leaders who work with geographically distributed Agile teams to embrace the oxymoron of “distributed Agile.”

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