NDLI: Coaching Global Software Development Projects

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Paasivaara, M.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	This paper presents a multiple-case study on how three globally distributed software development projects from a large Scandinavia-based IT organization introduced agile practices with the help of a company internal coaching team. The data was gathered by ten semi-structured interviews: we interviewed four coaches and six persons from the coached projects. We describe how the coaches cooperated with the case projects, helping them to adopt agile practices. We present the challenges the projects faced, as well as the benefits they gained. Our results show that when coaching globally distributed projects it is especially important to gain executive support from all the sites, to involve all sites in the change process, to build a common vision in a collaborative workshop, to invite coaches as early as possible, to aim for a long-term coaching relationship, and to remember that the project team owns the change, coaches are there just to support the team.
Starting Page	84
Ending Page	93
File Size	300183
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781457711404
e-ISBN	9780769545035
DOI	10.1109/ICGSE.2011.33
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-08-15
Publisher Place	Finland
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Europe Interviews Companies Collaboration Programming Maintenance engineering global software development Agile coaching agile software development
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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